Any organization that regularly publishes news or editorial content is restricted from using Mistral AI's verified news features without prior authorization from Mistral AI, and unauthorized use can result in immediate account suspension without a refund.
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The agreement defines Media Customers broadly to include any entity that disseminates information for editorial purposes, and imposes account suspension as an automatic consequence of unauthorized news feature use, creating significant operational risk for media organizations.
The updated terms authorize Mistral AI to perform a broader range of actions on data sent to third-party services, moving beyond simple access and retrieval to include execute, transmit, modify, delete, invoke, and otherwise act upon necessary data. Users now explicitly bear responsibility for the actions they request through Mistral AI Products and for compliance with third-party terms. If you use third-party service integrations, you should review what specific actions you are requesting and confirm you understand what data handling Mistral AI is authorized to perform on your behalf.
View change record →Media organizations that use Mistral AI's verified news features without contacting legal@mistral.ai risk having their accounts immediately suspended without refund, even if the editorial use was inadvertent.
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"If Customer is a Media Customer, Customer is not authorized to use the verified news feature, such as the AFP news feature, in the Mistral AI Products for editorial use. Any use by Customer of such news feature may be automatically blocked in Mistral AI's sole discretion and without refund. If Customer is a Media Customer and wishes to use the news feature for editorial purposes, Customer must contact Mistral AI at legal@mistral.ai. Any unauthorized use of the news feature by a Media Customer will result in the immediate suspension of such Media Customer's account.Excerpt from Mistral AI's Additional Product Terms
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates copyright and intellectual property frameworks governing licensed news content, including agreements between Mistral AI and news agencies such as AFP.
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The agreement defines Media Customers broadly to include any entity that disseminates information for editorial purposes, and imposes account suspension as an automatic consequence of unauthorized news feature use, creating significant operational risk for media organizations.
Media organizations that use Mistral AI's verified news features without contacting legal@mistral.ai risk having their accounts immediately suspended without refund, even if the editorial use was inadvertent.
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