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This clause authorizes service discontinuation without notice and without any liability to users, which may affect access to hosted models, inference endpoints, datasets, or enterprise services without prior warning or recourse.
Users and enterprise customers relying on Hugging Face's inference endpoints, hosted models, or other services have no guaranteed uptime or continuity under these terms; service can be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice and without liability to Hugging Face.
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"We may at any time modify, suspend, or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services.Excerpt from Hugging Face's Terms of Service
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This clause authorizes service discontinuation without notice and without any liability to users, which may affect access to hosted models, inference endpoints, datasets, or enterprise services without prior warning or recourse.
Users and enterprise customers relying on Hugging Face's inference endpoints, hosted models, or other services have no guaranteed uptime or continuity under these terms; service can be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice and without liability to Hugging Face.
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