You are prohibited from using anything you get from Instacart — including AI-generated outputs or search results — to build, train, or improve any AI model or competing service, even for non-commercial or research purposes.
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The clause establishes a contractual restriction on downstream use of service outputs for AI model development or competitive purposes. This defines the scope of permissible use beyond the primary service and establishes liability exposure for violations of the specified use restrictions.
Instacart rewrote its entire Terms of Service, adding 367 new sentences including sections on AI-powered services, updated arbitration procedures, and revised data handling practices. The restructuring makes it harder to compare what changed because the entire document was reorganized.
View change record →This restriction limits how you can use information you receive from Instacart's platform, potentially affecting researchers, developers, and journalists — and creates legal exposure for any user who unknowingly uses Instacart data in AI-adjacent work.
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"You further agree that you will not use the Services or any information contained therein or obtained therefrom, including any output or other information derived from the Services, to directly or indirectly create, train, test, or improve any machine learning, large language, or artificial intelligence models, or similar or competing product, service, or technology (including for research purposes, open source, or other non-commercial use).Excerpt from Instacart's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Implicates contract law enforceability questions under the First Amendment (restrictions on use of publicly available information), potential conflict with fair use doctrine (17 U.S.C.
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The clause establishes a contractual restriction on downstream use of service outputs for AI model development or competitive purposes. This defines the scope of permissible use beyond the primary service and establishes liability exposure for violations of the specified use restrictions.
This restriction limits how you can use information you receive from Instacart's platform, potentially affecting researchers, developers, and journalists — and creates legal exposure for any user who unknowingly uses Instacart data in AI-adjacent work.
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