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"Your use of the Services is subject to Cognition's Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"), available at cognition.ai/aup or such other URL as Cognition may designate.Excerpt from Windsurf's Cognition Platform Terms of Service
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The clause states: “Your use of the Services is subject to Cognition's Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"), available at cognition.ai/aup or such other URL as Cognition may designate.”
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