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The clause establishes that users of Vertex AI must consult the Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service to understand the contractual terms governing their use.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses 'see' rather than 'governed by' or 'subject to'; the clause is reasonably read as a cross-reference to governing terms, but the precise legal relationship between the model card and those terms is not stated explicitly.
Users accessing Google Gemini models through Vertex AI must review the Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service to understand the terms that apply to them.
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"for Vertex AI, see Google Cloud Platform Terms of ServiceExcerpt from Google Gemini's Gemini 3.1 Pro Model Card
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The clause establishes that users of Vertex AI must consult the Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service to understand the contractual terms governing their use.
Users accessing Google Gemini models through Vertex AI must review the Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service to understand the terms that apply to them.
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