The policy provides a mechanism for Customers who have implemented adequate safeguards to request exceptions to the AUP's restrictions for lawful business or research purposes, while reserving to Groq sole discretion over whether to grant exceptions without creating any precedent obligation.
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This provision establishes that policy flexibility is available only through individual exception requests approved at Groq's discretion, and that approved exceptions create no binding precedent for similar or related cases.
Under this clause, Customers whose lawful use cases require activities otherwise restricted by the AUP may request individual exceptions, but Groq is not obligated to grant exceptions consistently across similar cases. Customers must have implemented adequate safeguards as a precondition for exception eligibility.
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Compare across platforms →"Customers who have implemented adequate safeguards and require additional flexibility for lawful business or research purposes, may contact Groq to request an exception. If Groq makes an exception to these policies in a particular case, such action does not obligate Groq to make an exception to these policies in any other similar or unrelated cases.Excerpt from Groq's Acceptable Use Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The exception mechanism does not affect Customers' independent obligations under applicable law including the EU AI Act; an exception granted by Groq does not constitute regulatory authorization for otherwise restricted activities.
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This provision establishes that policy flexibility is available only through individual exception requests approved at Groq's discretion, and that approved exceptions create no binding precedent for similar or related cases.
Under this clause, Customers whose lawful use cases require activities otherwise restricted by the AUP may request individual exceptions, but Groq is not obligated to grant exceptions consistently across similar cases. Customers must have implemented adequate safeguards as a precondition for exception eligibility.
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