Writer revised its Terms of Service to clarify scope and add specific restrictions on how users can access and use its AI platform. The updated terms now explicitly state that these terms apply to free, trial, and paid versions (excluding Enterprise), while Enterprise customers are governed by a separate Platform Services Agreement. The revised language expands prohibited uses to include reverse engineering, model scraping, competitive analysis, and processing of protected health information (HIPAA), and adds explicit restrictions on misrepresenting AI-generated output as human-created content.
All users: You cannot try to take apart, copy, or extract the underlying code or models from Writer's platform.
All users: You cannot use Writer to benchmark against competitors or build a rival AI product.
All users: You must tell anyone who sees the output that it was created by AI, not by a human.
Healthcare organizations: You cannot use Writer to process any patient or medical records protected by HIPAA.
Data controllers: If your organization uses Writer, the Data Processing Agreement now explicitly governs how personal data is handled.
The updated terms establish clearer scope (these terms apply to free, trial, and paid versions; Enterprise is separate) and expand the list of prohibited uses. Users may no longer reverse engineer, scrape, or attempt to derive components of the Services; use the platform for competitive analysis or to develop competing products; or misrepresent AI-generated output as human-created. The terms also explicitly prohibit processing of HIPAA-regulated health information. Users can review the full updated terms to understand which specific uses are now restricted.
→ Review the updated prohibited uses section to confirm your intended use case complies with the new restrictions on reverse engineering, scraping, and competitive analysis.
→ If you use Writer to generate content for end users, implement a process to disclose that the output is AI-generated.
→ If your organization processes any healthcare or HIPAA-regulated information, confirm that Writer is not used for that purpose.
New explicit restrictions on reverse engineering, model scraping, competitive analysis, and HIPAA-regulated data processing.
Users must disclose to end users and third parties that output is AI-generated, not human-created.
These terms apply to free, trial, and paid versions; Enterprise versions are governed by a separate Platform Services Agreement.
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Writer restructured its terms to separate consumer/SMB users (free, trial, paid) from Enterprise customers (governed by separate agreement). The change expands prohibited uses to explicitly cover reverse engineering, model scraping, competitive analysis, and HIPAA-regulated data …
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