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The updated Terms of Service remove previous promotional language including referral bonuses (previously described as $5-$500 random credit bonuses) and product feature descriptions. The revised document now explicitly states it is a legally binding agreement between you and RunPod, Inc., with a last-updated date of March 24, 2026. No new restrictions or obligations are introduced by this change; the restructuring primarily formalizes the legal framework and eliminates marketing content that previously appeared within the terms document.
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We use a combination of automated tools and human reviewers to enforce our content rules. This includes technology that proactively detects and removes certain types of prohibited material.
Medium may review your conduct and content for compliance with these Terms and our Rules, and reserves the right to remove any violating content.
the classifiers will be regularly updated using data from other elements of our deployment safeguards including our asynchronous monitoring system and insights from our incident response protocol, bug bounty program, and internal and external red-teaming efforts
"Reviews must be made in good faith after reasonable evaluation of the relevant Marketplace Offering.Excerpt from RunPod's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “Reviews must be made in good faith after reasonable evaluation of the relevant Marketplace Offering.”
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