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The prohibition expressly covers data and model scraping as well as crawler use, which prevents users from extracting underlying model information or service data through automated means.
Interpretive note: The excerpt appears to be a fragment of a longer prohibited-use list; the primary prohibited conduct is clearly stated within the provided text.
The updated terms establish clearer scope (these terms apply to free, trial, and paid versions; Enterprise is separate) and expand the list of prohibited uses. Users may no longer reverse engineer, scrape, or attempt to derive components of the Services; use the platform for competitive analysis or to develop competing products; or misrepresent AI-generated output as human-created. The terms also explicitly prohibit processing of HIPAA-regulated health information. Users can review the full updated terms to understand which specific uses are now restricted.
View change record →The reader is prohibited from using technical methods—including scrapers, crawlers, or decompilation—to access, extract, or replicate any component of Writer's services.
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access or search the Platform Services...through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers or any other similar data mining tools) other than software or Platform Services features provided by Anyscale...
We kindly request you do not disclose certain Data, such as passwords, credit card numbers, PINs or other confidential data during your use of our Services.
You may not use our Services in any manner that infringes the rights of any third party.
"to reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, translate, decode, scrape, or otherwise attempt to derive or improperly access or download any component of the Services (including through data or model scraping or the use of any crawler or other mechanism)Excerpt from Writer's Terms of Service
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The prohibition expressly covers data and model scraping as well as crawler use, which prevents users from extracting underlying model information or service data through automated means.
The reader is prohibited from using technical methods—including scrapers, crawlers, or decompilation—to access, extract, or replicate any component of Writer's services.
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