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This provision sets operational boundaries on the types of synthetic content the service will produce, establishing that certain categories of generated material—defamatory portrayals and non-consensual intimate imagery—fall outside permissible uses of the platform's generative capabilities.
Interpretive note: The boundary between permissible fictional portrayals and prohibited realistic depictions of real persons may require case-by-case interpretation, particularly for satire and creative content use cases.
Users are prohibited from requesting or using the service to generate content that meets either criterion: false defamatory portrayals of real people or realistic sexual imagery of real people created without consent. Requests for such content will not be fulfilled through the service.
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You may not use Runway's tools to build or support systems designed for mass surveillance, tracking of individuals without their consent, or the unlawful monitoring of protected groups or activities.
Do not generate images for political campaigns or to try to influence the outcome of an election. Do not generate images to spread misinformation or disinformation.
Avoid Professional Advice: Don't seek to receive or provide medical, legal, financial, or tax advice through the platform.
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"OpenAI prohibits generating content that falsely portrays real people in ways that could constitute defamation, as well as generating realistic depictions of real people in sexual scenarios without their consent (non-consensual intimate images).— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI Usage Policies
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This provision sets operational boundaries on the types of synthetic content the service will produce, establishing that certain categories of generated material—defamatory portrayals and non-consensual intimate imagery—fall outside permissible uses of the platform's generative capabilities.
Users are prohibited from requesting or using the service to generate content that meets either criterion: false defamatory portrayals of real people or realistic sexual imagery of real people created without consent. Requests for such content will not be fulfilled through the service.
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