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IP Ownership Deferred to Third-Party Model Terms

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What it is

When using Cerebras's API, who owns your inputs (prompts) and the AI-generated outputs is determined not by Cerebras's terms but by the separate terms of whichever third-party AI model provider is being used — terms that Cerebras does not summarize or provide directly.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

If you use Cerebras's API to generate content for commercial use, the IP rights to that content — and potentially your input data — are governed by a third party's terms that Cerebras does not provide or summarize, creating a significant legal gap for any commercial deployment.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

Users and businesses cannot determine their IP rights in prompts or AI outputs solely from this document — they must independently locate, read, and comply with the applicable Third-Party Model Terms, which may be from Meta, Mistral, or other open-source or proprietary model providers.

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With respect to your use of the Service through the APIs, ownership of the material, information or other communications you transmit or post to the Site or Service, including any inputs you pass into the Service ("Prompts") (collectively, "User Content") is governed by the Third-Party Model Terms, and as between you and Cerebras, Cerebras claims no ownership rights over the User Content. We have the right (but not the obligation) to remove any User Content or Output, in our sole discretion, and have no obligations with respect to such User Content. With respect to your use of the Service through the APIs, ownership of the output you receive from the Service ("Output") is governed by the Third-Party Model Terms, and as between you and Cerebras, Cerebras claims no ownership rights over the Outputs.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision engages copyright law (17 U.S.C. §102 et seq.) as it pertains to ownership of AI-generated outputs, an area of active regulatory scrutiny by the U.S. Copyright Office (see its March 2023 guidance on AI-generated works). GDPR Art. 28 is implicated if third-party model providers are processing EU personal data as sub-processors — the absence of an explicit sub-processing disclosure creates a compliance gap. EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) transparency obligations may require disclosure of model provenance and terms to end users in certain deployment contexts.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    Failure to clearly disclose that IP ownership is governed by undisclosed third-party terms may constitute an unfair or deceptive practice under FTC Act Section 5.
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Provision details

Document information
Document
Cerebras Terms of Service
Entity
Cerebras
Document last updated
April 29, 2026
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First tracked
April 30, 2026
Last verified
April 30, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-004203
Document ID
CA-D-00508
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Entity: Cerebras | Document: Cerebras Terms of Service | Record: CA-P-004203
Captured: 2026-04-30 07:04:42 UTC | SHA-256: 7f9a72e8d66eff70…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/cerebras/cerebras-terms-of-service/ip-ownership-deferred-to-third-party-model-terms/
Accessed: May 2, 2026
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