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The clause establishes a contractual responsibility structure where operators serve as intermediary parties accountable for downstream compliance, creating a tiered enforcement model in which OpenAI delegates policy compliance monitoring to API customers who build products using the service.
Users of platforms built by operators are subject to both OpenAI's usage policies and the operator's own implementation of those policies. The provision establishes that operators—not OpenAI directly—bear primary responsibility for monitoring and enforcing appropriate use on their platforms.
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"Operators are companies and individuals that access Claude's capabilities through our API, typically to build products and services. Operators must ensure that their platforms comply with our usage policies and are responsible for ensuring appropriate use within their platforms.— Excerpt from OpenAI's Usage Policies
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The clause establishes a contractual responsibility structure where operators serve as intermediary parties accountable for downstream compliance, creating a tiered enforcement model in which OpenAI delegates policy compliance monitoring to API customers who build products using the service.
Users of platforms built by operators are subject to both OpenAI's usage policies and the operator's own implementation of those policies. The provision establishes that operators—not OpenAI directly—bear primary responsibility for monitoring and enforcing appropriate use on their platforms.
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