The agreement establishes acceptable use conditions for Stability AI models, prohibiting use cases that violate applicable law, generate harmful or illegal content, or are otherwise excluded under the license terms.
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This provision defines the operational boundaries of permitted model use and may affect eligibility for continued license access where prohibited use is detected or reported. Compliance with acceptable use conditions is a condition of the license, and breach may result in license termination.
Interpretive note: The specific prohibited use categories and enforcement mechanisms were not available in the truncated document; this provision is inferred from contextual metadata and publicly known aspects of Stability AI's acceptable use policy.
Provision was renamed from 'Acceptable Use Policy and Prohibited Content' to 'Acceptable Use and Prohibited Content Restrictions' and severity was reduced from high to medium, indicating a potential narrowing of enforcement scope.
View full change record →Under this clause, users are required to comply with acceptable use conditions as a condition of their license. Uses that generate prohibited content categories or violate applicable law are excluded from the scope of permitted model use under the agreement.
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You agree not to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any ...
You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium, including without limitation by any automated or non-automated 'scraping'; (ii) using any automated system, including without limitation 'robots,' 's...
You may not use our Services for any illegal purpose or in violation of any laws or regulations. You may not use the Services to send money to sanctioned countries or individuals on government watchlists. You may not use the Services for gambling, illegal drugs, weapons, or any other prohibited acti...
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(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Acceptable use restrictions engage content moderation obligations under applicable law, including the EU Digital Services Act for large platform operators, the EU AI Act's prohibited AI practice provisions, and applicable national laws governing illegal content generation. The FTC's authority over unfair or deceptive AI practices is also relevant. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Organizations deploying Stability AI models in consumer-facing applications must ensure their own acceptable use policies and content moderation systems are consistent with Stability AI's license conditions and applicable regulatory requirements. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and EEA operators face heightened exposure under the EU AI Act's prohibited use provisions and the Digital Services Act. Operators in jurisdictions with specific restrictions on AI-generated content, including deepfakes and synthetic media, should assess compliance with local law in addition to the Stability AI license conditions. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: B2B customers building applications on Stability AI models should include acceptable use provisions in their own customer agreements that are at minimum consistent with Stability AI's license conditions. Failure to do so may create upstream license compliance exposure. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations should implement content moderation and output monitoring systems for Stability AI model deployments that are sufficient to detect and prevent prohibited use categories as defined in the license terms. Periodic review of the acceptable use policy is advisable as regulatory requirements evolve.
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This provision defines the operational boundaries of permitted model use and may affect eligibility for continued license access where prohibited use is detected or reported. Compliance with acceptable use conditions is a condition of the license, and breach may result in license termination.
Under this clause, users are required to comply with acceptable use conditions as a condition of their license. Uses that generate prohibited content categories or violate applicable law are excluded from the scope of permitted model use under the agreement.
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