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The prohibition restricts a specific commercial use of the platform, preventing users from leveraging Poe's capabilities to build rival offerings.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is presented as a list item and likely follows a broader prohibition lead-in not included in the excerpt; the prohibition framing is inferred from the list context but the specific conduct described is explicit.
You are prohibited from using Poe or its bots as a basis for developing any competing product, application, service, foundation model, or large-scale model.
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"Use Poe or the bots to develop products, applications, services, foundation models or other large scale models that compete with Poe, the bots, and their underlying technologies.— Excerpt from Poe's Poe Terms of Service
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The prohibition restricts a specific commercial use of the platform, preventing users from leveraging Poe's capabilities to build rival offerings.
You are prohibited from using Poe or its bots as a basis for developing any competing product, application, service, foundation model, or large-scale model.
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