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This provision establishes a procedural requirement that OpenAI customers implement human oversight mechanisms when deploying automated decision systems in high-impact contexts. The restriction functions as a use-case limitation in OpenAI's service agreement, requiring customers to maintain human review as a condition of service use in these specified domains.
Interpretive note: The document's language on automated decision-making may be inferred from its general harm prevention framework rather than a single explicitly quoted provision; the precise scope of what constitutes sufficient human oversight is not defined in the document.
Customers using OpenAI services are prohibited from fully automating consequential decisions affecting individuals in credit, employment, housing, and insurance contexts without incorporating human review into the decision-making process. This requirement imposes a procedural obligation on how customers may structure and deploy their applications of OpenAI's technology.
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"OpenAI restricts use of its services to make automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on individuals without appropriate human oversight, including in contexts such as credit, employment, housing, and insurance.— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI Usage Policies
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This provision establishes a procedural requirement that OpenAI customers implement human oversight mechanisms when deploying automated decision systems in high-impact contexts. The restriction functions as a use-case limitation in OpenAI's service agreement, requiring customers to maintain human review as a condition of service use in these specified domains.
Customers using OpenAI services are prohibited from fully automating consequential decisions affecting individuals in credit, employment, housing, and insurance contexts without incorporating human review into the decision-making process. This requirement imposes a procedural obligation on how customers may structure and deploy their applications of OpenAI's technology.
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