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This clause allocates compliance oversight responsibility to intermediate operators rather than OpenAI directly, creating a contractual obligation for operators to implement and enforce policy compliance mechanisms within their own platforms and user bases.
Interpretive note: The scope of 'responsible for the uses within their platforms' is not fully defined and the allocation of liability between OpenAI and operators in specific enforcement scenarios is not spelled out in this document.
End users operating under an intermediary platform are subject to OpenAI's policies as enforced through that operator's compliance infrastructure. The operator's failure to implement adequate compliance monitoring or user restrictions may result in policy violations attributed to the operator's platform.
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This clause allocates compliance oversight responsibility to intermediate operators rather than OpenAI directly, creating a contractual obligation for operators to implement and enforce policy compliance mechanisms within their own platforms and user bases.
End users operating under an intermediary platform are subject to OpenAI's policies as enforced through that operator's compliance infrastructure. The operator's failure to implement adequate compliance monitoring or user restrictions may result in policy violations attributed to the operator's platform.
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