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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 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 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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This Policy is not intended to restrict clearly labeled internal training, testing, educational or role-play uses of the Services...where a reasonable viewer would understand...
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 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 ServicesExcerpt from Writer's 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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