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This prohibition prevents users from leveraging DocuSign's Site—including its data or functionality—as a resource to develop competing or derivative AI systems.
Interpretive note: The excerpt ends mid-clause ('performs any function substantially similar'), and the referent for 'substantially similar' is not present in the quoted language. The claim reflects what is explicitly stated but the full scope of the prohibition may depend on omitted language.
You are prohibited from using the Site, or permitting others to use it, to create, train, test, or improve any machine learning or AI system that mimics or performs substantially similar functions.
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This prohibition prevents users from leveraging DocuSign's Site—including its data or functionality—as a resource to develop competing or derivative AI systems.
You are prohibited from using the Site, or permitting others to use it, to create, train, test, or improve any machine learning or AI system that mimics or performs substantially similar functions.
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