Users are not permitted to attempt to disable or work around any of NVIDIA's built-in content filters or safety restrictions within its AI services.
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This clause prohibits prompt injection, jailbreaking, or other technical methods designed to cause the AI to produce outputs that its safety controls would otherwise prevent, and violations constitute grounds for account termination.
Interpretive note: The document does not define whether authorized security research or red-teaming activities conducted by enterprise customers fall within the scope of prohibited circumvention.
Developers building applications on NIM who test the limits of the model's safety controls, even for red-teaming or security research purposes, may be at risk of violating this provision depending on how NVIDIA interprets 'circumvention.'
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"You may not use the Services to circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with safety-related features or restrictions of the Services, including content filtering mechanisms or usage restrictions.— Excerpt from NVIDIA NIM's NVIDIA AI Foundation Models AUP
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the EU AI Act's requirements for general-purpose AI model providers to maintain technical safeguards and document their safety measures. The FTC Act's prohibition on deceptive practices is also relevant where bypassing safety controls results in harmful consumer-facing outputs. Enforcement authorities include the EU AI Office and the FTC. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The provision is standard in AI platform acceptable use policies but creates ambiguity for enterprises conducting authorized penetration testing or AI red-teaming as part of their own security and compliance programs. NVIDIA does not define exceptions for authorized security research in the available document text. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU users are subject to heightened scrutiny under the AI Act, which requires providers and deployers to maintain and not circumvent safety mechanisms. U.S. users face exposure under the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) if circumvention is achieved through unauthorized technical access, though the document itself does not cite this statute. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers conducting AI safety testing as part of their own product compliance programs should seek written clarification from NVIDIA about whether authorized red-teaming activities are permitted under this clause, as the document does not include an explicit carve-out for such activities. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal and security teams should document the scope of any AI safety testing activities and obtain explicit written permission from NVIDIA before conducting tests that could be characterized as circumventing safety controls. Internal AI governance policies should distinguish between prohibited circumvention and authorized testing.
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This clause prohibits prompt injection, jailbreaking, or other technical methods designed to cause the AI to produce outputs that its safety controls would otherwise prevent, and violations constitute grounds for account termination.
Developers building applications on NIM who test the limits of the model's safety controls, even for red-teaming or security research purposes, may be at risk of violating this provision depending on how NVIDIA interprets 'circumvention.'
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