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This clause shifts financial exposure for certain claims from OpenAI onto business users, meaning business users may bear costs arising from their use of the Services.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after 'expenses'; the specific triggering circumstances for the indemnification obligation (e.g., third-party claims, breaches) are not present in the quoted language and cannot be stated in the canonical claim.
Business and organisation users are required to financially protect OpenAI, its affiliates, and personnel against qualifying costs, losses, liabilities, and expenses.
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"If you are a business or organisation, to the extent permitted by law, you will indemnify and hold harmless us, our affiliates, and our personnel, from and against any costs, losses, liabilities, and expenses...— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI EU Terms of Use
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This clause shifts financial exposure for certain claims from OpenAI onto business users, meaning business users may bear costs arising from their use of the Services.
Business and organisation users are required to financially protect OpenAI, its affiliates, and personnel against qualifying costs, losses, liabilities, and expenses.
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