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Mercury AI output not a substitute for professional advice

Medium severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 216 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What should output from Mercury AI not be relied upon as?
Mercury states that output from Mercury AI should not be relied upon as a single source of truth or fact and is not a substitute for professional legal, financial, or tax advice.
Is output from Mercury AI a substitute for professional legal, financial, or tax advice?
Mercury states that output from Mercury AI should not be relied upon as a single source of truth or fact and is not a substitute for professional legal, financial, or tax advice.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The clause limits the weight users can place on Mercury AI output for consequential decisions by explicitly excluding it as a substitute for professional advice.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium Jul 24, 2026

The updated privacy policy now discloses that cookies from Facebook Ads, Bing Ads, Braze, Google Ads, and LinkedIn Ads serve an additional purpose: 'SaleOfInfo'. This means data collected through these cookies may be sold or shared with third-party commercial partners, beyond their existing use for advertising and analytics. Under the revised policy, Mercury treats data from these cookies as subject to potential sale or commercial sharing. You can review Mercury's full privacy policy to understand your data rights and any available opt-out mechanisms.

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Clause Stability Stable

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Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 921 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users are told not to rely solely on Mercury AI output and to seek professional legal, financial, or tax advice instead.

How other platforms handle this

Instacart Medium

AI outputs may be incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, inappropriate, or inconsistent and may change over time. They are not a substitute for professional advice...You are responsible for your use of Outputs...

Walmart Medium

the Output from the Generative AI Features may not be unique across users, and the Generative AI Features may generate or return the same or similar Output to Walmart or a third party

Asana Medium

evaluate Asana AI outputs for accuracy and appropriateness in light of the probabilistic nature of AI and potential for producing inaccurate content.

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you should not rely on output from Mercury AI as a single source of truth or fact, and understand that it is not a substitute for professional legal, financial, or tax advice.

Excerpt from Mercury's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

GDPR
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
Mercury Privacy Policy
Entity
Mercury
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-069422
Document ID
CA-D-00530
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
f8b49beb208e6c3f2b9fb8ddafa22b88d22bbef9e6d3e086c87840d1d5a282f8
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 08:43 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Mercury
Document: Mercury Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-069422
Captured: 2026-07-09 08:43:59 UTC
SHA-256: f8b49beb208e6c3f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/mercury/mercury-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-069422/mercury-ai-output-not-a-substitute-for-professional-advice/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Mercury's Mercury AI output not a substitute for professional advice clause do?

The clause limits the weight users can place on Mercury AI output for consequential decisions by explicitly excluding it as a substitute for professional advice.

How does this clause affect you?

Users are told not to rely solely on Mercury AI output and to seek professional legal, financial, or tax advice instead.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 216 platforms. See the full comparison.

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