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The prohibition extends beyond direct reverse engineering to cover use of outputs as training material for competing models, restricting a broad range of derivative commercial activities.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim combines two related prohibitions from the excerpt. The competitive model-development prohibition is a distinct legal proposition recorded as a second proposition rather than omitted material, as both are closely connected and together form the primary purpose of the clause.
The updated policy establishes broader data collection practices than previously disclosed. The terms now explicitly state the company collects voice and audio inputs alongside text, whereas prior language specified only text and other materials. Additionally, the policy now discloses collection of precise geolocation information with user consent and authorization to access contacts, emails, calendars, and documents from third-party platforms. You can stop collection of precise location information at any time through the Your Choices section.
View change record →Users are prohibited from attempting to extract Inflection AI's underlying technology through its Services and from using outputs to develop AI models that compete with Inflection AI.
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Customer may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the output generated using an NVIDIA proprietary software development kit (e.g., NVIDIA CUDA toolkit), including their development tools and compilers.
Use our Services in relation to any political campaign financing or for the purpose of influencing any election, other than sharing your own personal political opinions;
use TikTok Content...another user's content or generative AI-enabled features for commercial purposes unless permitted by TikTok USDS Joint Venture or the user, respectively...
"You may not use or attempt to use our Services to reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to obtain the underlying models, algorithms, or source code...you may not use Outputs to develop models that compete with Inflection AI.Excerpt from Inflection AI's Privacy Policy
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The prohibition extends beyond direct reverse engineering to cover use of outputs as training material for competing models, restricting a broad range of derivative commercial activities.
Users are prohibited from attempting to extract Inflection AI's underlying technology through its Services and from using outputs to develop AI models that compete with Inflection AI.
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