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Users bear full responsibility for all account activity, including actions taken by unauthorized parties who gained access through shared credentials.
Users are prohibited from sharing credentials or granting account access to others, and remain liable for all activity under their account regardless of who performed it.
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"You may not share your account credentials or make your account available to anyone else and are responsible for all activities that occur under your account.Excerpt from OpenAI's Terms of Use (ROW)
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Users bear full responsibility for all account activity, including actions taken by unauthorized parties who gained access through shared credentials.
Users are prohibited from sharing credentials or granting account access to others, and remain liable for all activity under their account regardless of who performed it.
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