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The provision establishes the institutional basis for OpenAI's content moderation framework regarding political applications. It signals that requests for tools designed to manipulate political preferences or distribute political content at scale may be declined or restricted under the usage policy.
Users are restricted from using OpenAI's services to build or deploy tools designed for political advertising, propaganda campaigns, or targeting based on political ideology. Requests to develop such capabilities may result in denial of service or account restrictions under this policy framework.
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"We want to make sure that AI is not used to undermine the ability of humans to make informed choices about who governs them, so we are particularly careful about building tools that could be used for political ads, propaganda, or targeting strategies based on political ideology.— Excerpt from OpenAI's Usage Policies
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The provision establishes the institutional basis for OpenAI's content moderation framework regarding political applications. It signals that requests for tools designed to manipulate political preferences or distribute political content at scale may be declined or restricted under the usage policy.
Users are restricted from using OpenAI's services to build or deploy tools designed for political advertising, propaganda campaigns, or targeting based on political ideology. Requests to develop such capabilities may result in denial of service or account restrictions under this policy framework.
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