DeepSeek provides the model with no guarantees about its performance, accuracy, or fitness for any specific use; if the model causes harm or fails to work as expected, DeepSeek is not liable under the license.
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This clause means that organizations deploying DeepSeek-R1 in commercial products cannot rely on any warranty from DeepSeek regarding model quality, safety, or fitness for purpose, and must independently validate the model's performance for their specific use case.
Because DeepSeek disclaims all warranties for the model, any organization or developer using DeepSeek-R1 in a product or service takes on full responsibility for validating that the model performs safely and appropriately for their specific application, with no contractual recourse against DeepSeek for model failures.
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This clause means that organizations deploying DeepSeek-R1 in commercial products cannot rely on any warranty from DeepSeek regarding model quality, safety, or fitness for purpose, and must independently validate the model's performance for their specific use case.
Because DeepSeek disclaims all warranties for the model, any organization or developer using DeepSeek-R1 in a product or service takes on full responsibility for validating that the model performs safely and appropriately for their specific application, with no contractual recourse against DeepSeek for model failures.
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