“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.”
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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.
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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 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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