xAI can terminate or suspend your account at any time and without advance notice if it determines, in its sole judgment, that you have violated the terms, posed a risk, or if your account has been inactive for over a year.
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The sole discretion standard and absence of a required notice period means that account access and associated data may be terminated without warning, though the agreement does provide an appeals mechanism via email.
The agreement authorizes xAI to terminate or suspend accounts at any time without notice based on its sole discretion across four defined grounds, including a broad risk or harm standard. Users who believe a termination was made in error may appeal by contacting support@x.ai.
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"We may terminate or suspend your access to our Service or delete your account at any time without notice to you if we determine, at our sole discretion, that: You breached these Terms or our Acceptable Use Policy, guidelines, or other policies; We must do so to comply with the law; Your use of our Service could cause risk or harm to xAI, our users, or anyone else; or Your account has been inactive for over a year and you do not have a paid account.Excerpt from xAI's Terms of Service
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The sole discretion standard and absence of a required notice period means that account access and associated data may be terminated without warning, though the agreement does provide an appeals mechanism via email.
The agreement authorizes xAI to terminate or suspend accounts at any time without notice based on its sole discretion across four defined grounds, including a broad risk or harm standard. Users who believe a termination was made in error may appeal by contacting support@x.ai.
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