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Except for any payment obligations, neither Party will be responsible for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement due to causes beyond its reasonable control...
you shall not without our prior written consent, assign, transfer, novate, part with, outsource, subcontract or delegate any of your rights, responsibilities and/or obligations under this Agreement (in whole or in part)
These Terms contain the entire agreement between you and OpenAI regarding the Services and, other than any Service-specific terms, supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements between you and OpenAI.
"In the event that either party is prevented from performing, or is unable to perform, any of its obligations under this Agreement (other than payment obligations) due to any cause beyond the reasonable control of the party...the affected party's performance shall be excused...Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity API Terms of Service
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The clause states: “In the event that either party is prevented from performing, or is unable to perform, any of its obligations under this Agreement (other than payment obligations) due to any cause beyond the reasonable control of the party...the affected party's performance shall be excused...”
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