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This provision establishes a baseline operational boundary for the service by restricting use cases that could result in large-scale harm through deployed code. It functions as a use-case limitation that applies uniformly across the user base.
Users are prohibited from using the service to develop cyberweapons or malicious code intended for deployment with significant destructive capability. Violation of this restriction exposes the user to potential service termination or enforcement action under the usage policies.
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You must not, and must not allow others to: Facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services; Cause harm to us or others through the End User Services;
You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
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"Create cyberweapons or malicious code that could cause significant damage if deployed.— Excerpt from OpenAI's Usage Policies
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This provision establishes a baseline operational boundary for the service by restricting use cases that could result in large-scale harm through deployed code. It functions as a use-case limitation that applies uniformly across the user base.
Users are prohibited from using the service to develop cyberweapons or malicious code intended for deployment with significant destructive capability. Violation of this restriction exposes the user to potential service termination or enforcement action under the usage policies.
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