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This restriction prevents the Model from being used as the sole decision-maker in contexts with serious legal consequences—such as credit, employment, or contract formation—without any human review.
Users cannot deploy the Model in a fully automated pipeline that produces decisions adversely affecting legal rights or that generate or alter binding obligations.
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This restriction prevents the Model from being used as the sole decision-maker in contexts with serious legal consequences—such as credit, employment, or contract formation—without any human review.
Users cannot deploy the Model in a fully automated pipeline that produces decisions adversely affecting legal rights or that generate or alter binding obligations.
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