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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(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 …
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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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