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The prohibition on using AI outputs to build or improve competing or new AI systems is subject only to an express authorization in the Agreement, meaning implied or incidental authorization is not sufficient.
Interpretive note: The excerpt labels this clause as item (a), suggesting at least one additional prohibited use of AI outputs exists in the same provision. That additional content is not captured in this canonical claim.
Readers are prohibited from using Databricks AI service outputs to create or improve AI systems unless the Agreement expressly authorizes that use.
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"except as expressly authorized under the Agreement, (a) use outputs of Databricks AI services to create or improve AI systems...Excerpt from Databricks's AI Acceptable Use Policy
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The prohibition on using AI outputs to build or improve competing or new AI systems is subject only to an express authorization in the Agreement, meaning implied or incidental authorization is not sufficient.
Readers are prohibited from using Databricks AI service outputs to create or improve AI systems unless the Agreement expressly authorizes that use.
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