This provision applies additional restrictions to customers on non-Enterprise subscription tiers, prohibiting use for objectionable purposes and requiring that publicly disclosed benchmark test results include sufficient replication information, while explicitly excluding AI Services from permissible benchmarking.
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This provision creates a two-tier compliance structure where non-Enterprise customers are subject to additional behavioral restrictions, including an undefined 'objectionable purpose' standard, and are prohibited from benchmarking AI Services regardless of disclosure practices.
Interpretive note: The 'objectionable purpose' standard is undefined in this document, creating interpretive uncertainty regarding its scope and application.
Under these terms, non-Enterprise customers are subject to additional restrictions beyond the general prohibited activities list, including an 'objectionable purpose' prohibition whose scope is not further defined in this document. Non-Enterprise customers who conduct and publish benchmark tests must include replication methodology, and may not benchmark AI Services at all.
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Compare across platforms →"Further, customers on a non-Enterprise subscription may not: Use a service for an objectionable purpose. You may conduct benchmark tests of a service (other than AI Services (as defined below)). Any publicly disclosed results must include all necessary information for others to replicate the tests.Excerpt from Vercel AI's Acceptable Use Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The 'objectionable purpose' standard does not reference a specific regulatory framework and is not further defined in this document, creating interpretive uncertainty.
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This provision creates a two-tier compliance structure where non-Enterprise customers are subject to additional behavioral restrictions, including an undefined 'objectionable purpose' standard, and are prohibited from benchmarking AI Services regardless of disclosure practices.
Under these terms, non-Enterprise customers are subject to additional restrictions beyond the general prohibited activities list, including an 'objectionable purpose' prohibition whose scope is not further defined in this document. Non-Enterprise customers who conduct and publish benchmark tests must include replication methodology, and may not benchmark AI Services at all.
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