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This restriction operates as a use case boundary that OpenAI enforces through its acceptable use policy framework. The provision establishes operational parameters for what development activities the service platform will support.
Interpretive note: The threshold of 'significant damage' is not defined, and the boundary between permissible security research and prohibited cyberweapon development is ambiguous in the document text.
Users are prohibited from leveraging OpenAI's services for cyberweapon or malicious code development. The terms apply this restriction to all users regardless of use case or stated intent, establishing this as a binding operational constraint on service access.
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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.
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;
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This restriction operates as a use case boundary that OpenAI enforces through its acceptable use policy framework. The provision establishes operational parameters for what development activities the service platform will support.
Users are prohibited from leveraging OpenAI's services for cyberweapon or malicious code development. The terms apply this restriction to all users regardless of use case or stated intent, establishing this as a binding operational constraint on service access.
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