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The provision operationalizes OpenAI's authority to embed non-negotiable control parameters in model behavior independent of user direction. This establishes the institutional mechanism through which certain outputs or actions are systemically prevented regardless of how users structure requests.
Users operate under terms that authorize OpenAI to define and enforce predetermined behavioral boundaries in model responses. Users' ability to direct model output is limited by these embedded constraints, which OpenAI applies based on its assessment of potential harms.
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The provision operationalizes OpenAI's authority to embed non-negotiable control parameters in model behavior independent of user direction. This establishes the institutional mechanism through which certain outputs or actions are systemically prevented regardless of how users structure requests.
Users operate under terms that authorize OpenAI to define and enforce predetermined behavioral boundaries in model responses. Users' ability to direct model output is limited by these embedded constraints, which OpenAI applies based on its assessment of potential harms.
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