The AUP prohibits users from using Databricks Services to develop AI applications that engage in deception, illegal discrimination, privacy violations, or autonomous operation without human oversight, and requires compliance with Databricks' separately published AI guidelines.
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This provision creates a set of AI governance obligations applicable to any customer building or fine-tuning AI models on the Databricks platform, and incorporates by reference a separate AI guidelines document that may be updated independently, creating a dynamic compliance obligation.
Interpretive note: The scope of this provision depends in part on the separately published AI guidelines document, which is incorporated by reference but not reproduced in the AUP, and which may be updated independently.
Under this clause, users who develop AI applications using Databricks Services are bound by both the enumerated prohibitions in the AUP and the requirements of Databricks' separately published AI guidelines, which constitute a condition of permissible platform use.
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"Use the Databricks Services to create, train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop AI applications or systems that: Engage in or facilitate deceptive, fraudulent, or manipulative behavior, including the generation of disinformation or non-consensual synthetic media (e.g., deep fakes); Engage in illegal discrimination based on protected characteristics; Violate applicable privacy laws or regulations; Deploy autonomous AI agents or systems capable of taking actions with significant real-world consequences without adequate human oversight, review, or intervention mechanisms; or Otherwise violate Databricks' AI guidelines.Excerpt from Databricks's AI Acceptable Use Policy
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This provision creates a set of AI governance obligations applicable to any customer building or fine-tuning AI models on the Databricks platform, and incorporates by reference a separate AI guidelines document that may be updated independently, creating a dynamic compliance obligation.
Under this clause, users who develop AI applications using Databricks Services are bound by both the enumerated prohibitions in the AUP and the requirements of Databricks' separately published AI guidelines, which constitute a condition of permissible platform use.
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