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Prohibition on Competing Product Development

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This prohibition restricts a broad category of commercial and research use, preventing users from leveraging the services to build or improve competing AI products.

Interpretive note: The excerpt contains ellipses, suggesting additional language exists that is not reproduced. The canonical claim covers what is present in the provided excerpt only.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4369 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users are prohibited from using Stability AI's services for any purpose that involves developing competing products or services, including AI and machine learning development or training.

How other platforms handle this

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Glassdoor Medium

Send messages in violation of the USA CAN-SPAM Act or any other applicable anti-spam law.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You may not access or use...our Services...To develop products or services that compete with our Services, including to develop or train any artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms, or models...

— Excerpt from Stability AI's Stability AI Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
DMCA
United States Federal
DSA
European Union
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Stability AI Terms of Service
Entity
Stability AI
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 28, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-041415
Document ID
CA-D-00329
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
98789d636c554bd7467c35eb18589d01a6c721c0b90ef04a688c4183b8a8dee9
Analysis generated
April 28, 2026 05:27 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Stability AI
Document: Stability AI Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-041415
Captured: 2026-04-28 05:27:04 UTC
SHA-256: 98789d636c554bd7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/stability-ai/stability-ai-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-041415/prohibition-on-competing-product-development/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
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Classification
Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Stability AI's Prohibition on Competing Product Development clause do?

This prohibition restricts a broad category of commercial and research use, preventing users from leveraging the services to build or improve competing AI products.

How does this clause affect you?

Users are prohibited from using Stability AI's services for any purpose that involves developing competing products or services, including AI and machine learning development or training.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 285 platforms. See the full comparison.

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