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The prohibition explicitly covers AI training and fine-tuning activities, meaning outputs or service access cannot be used to build or improve a rival AI product.
Interpretive note: The excerpt appears to be a fragment of a longer prohibited-use list; the grammatical lead-in verb is not included, though the prohibited conduct is clearly stated.
The reader is prohibited from using Writer's services or confidential information for any competitive intelligence purpose or to advance development of a product that competes with Writer.
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"to access the Services or our confidential information for benchmarking or competitive analysis or to develop, train, re-train, fine-tune, test, or improve a product or service that competes with the Services— Excerpt from Writer's Writer Terms of Service
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The prohibition explicitly covers AI training and fine-tuning activities, meaning outputs or service access cannot be used to build or improve a rival AI product.
The reader is prohibited from using Writer's services or confidential information for any competitive intelligence purpose or to advance development of a product that competes with Writer.
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