Acceptable Use Policy for Generative AI

Use of any Generative AI Models provided by Anyscale via the Platform Services and any other applicable Anyscale Services are subject to this Acceptable Use Policy for Generative AI (“GenAI AUP”) in addition to the Acceptable Use Policy. Any capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.Customer agrees not to, and not to allow its Authorized Users or third parties to use of permit others to use the AI Services to:

  • Perform or facilitate dangerous, illegal, or malicious activities, including

    • Facilitation or promotion of illegal activities or violations of law, such as

      • Promoting or generating content related to child sexual abuse or exploitation

      • Promoting or facilitating sale of, or providing instructions for synthesizing or accessing, illegal substances, goods, or services

      • Facilitating or encouraging users to commit any type of crimes

      • Promoting or generating violent extremism or terrorist content

      • Engaging in the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of any profession including, but not limited to, financial, legal, medical/health, or related professional practices

    • Abuse, harm, interference, or disruption of services (or enable others to do the same), such as

      • Promoting or facilitating the generation or distribution of spam

      • Generating content for deceptive or fraudulent activities, scams, phishing, or malware, including any code that is designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system

      • Attempts to override or circumvent safety filters or intentionally drive the model to act in a manner that contravenes Anyscale policies or applicable law

    • Generation of content that may harm or promote the harm of individuals or a group, such as

      • Generating content that expresses, facilitates, incites, promotes or encourages hatred, violence, self harm, suffering or humiliation

      • Generating, promoting, or furthering defamatory content, including the creation of defamatory statements, images, or other content

      • Facilitating methods of harassment or bullying to intimidate, abuse, or insult others

      • Generating personally identifying information for distribution or other harms

      • Processing, disclosing, generating, or inferring health, demographic, or other sensitive personal or private information about individuals without rights and consents required by applicable laws

      • Distributing material to minors, including obscene materials, where the law requires age-gating such materials

      • Tracking or monitoring people without their consent

      • Generating content that may have unfair or adverse impacts on people, particularly impacts related to sensitive or protected characteristics

  • Engage in or facilitate any action or generate any content that infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights

  • Generate and distribute content intended or likely to misinform, misrepresent or mislead, including

    • Misrepresentation of the provenance of generated content by claiming content was created by a human, or represent generated content as original works, in order to deceive

    • Generation of content that impersonates an individual (living or dead) without explicit disclosure, in order to deceive

    • Generation or facilitation of false online engagement, including fake reviews and other means of fake online engagement

    • Misleading claims of expertise or capability made particularly in sensitive areas (e.g. health, finance, government services, or legal)

  • Make automated decisions in domains that affect material or individual rights or well-being (e.g., finance, legal, employment, healthcare, housing, insurance, and social welfare)

  • Generate sexually explicit content, including content created for the purposes of pornography or sexual gratification (e.g. sexual chatbots); note that this does not include content created for scientific, educational, documentary, or artistic purposes

  • Further any activity that has high risk of physical harm, including:

    • Weapons development

    • Military and warfare, or applications, espionage, use for materials or activities that are subject to the International Traffic Arms Regulations (ITAR) maintained by the United States Department of State

    • Management or operation of nuclear facilities or critical infrastructure in energy, transportation, and water

  • Further any activity that has high risk of economic harm, including:

    • Multi-level marketing

    • Gambling

    • Payday lending

    • Automated determinations of eligibility for credit, employment, educational institutions, or public assistance services

  • Engage in political campaigning or lobbying, by:

    • Generating high volumes of campaign materials

    • Generating campaign materials personalized to or targeted at specific demographics

    • Building conversational or interactive systems such as chatbots that provide information about campaigns or engage in political advocacy or lobbying

    • Building products for political campaigning or lobbying purposes

  • Engage in any activity that has a high risk of violating people’s privacy, including:

    • Tracking or monitoring an individual without their consent

    • Facial recognition of private individuals

    • Classifying individuals based on protected characteristics

    • Using biometrics for identification or assessment

    • Unlawful collection or disclosure of personal identifiable information or educational, financial, or other protected records

  • Provide services to third parties in medical, financial, and legal industries; in news generation or news summarization; and where else warranted, including in any use of conversational AI (also known as “chatbots”) unless you provide a disclaimer to users informing them that AI is being used and of its potential limitations.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, in the event of any conflict between the Acceptable Use Policy and this GenAI AUP, this GenAI AUP shall govern. This GenAI AUP may be updated by Anyscale from time to time upon reasonable notice (which may be provided through the Service or by posting an updated version of this GenAI AUP). Any violation of this GenAI AUP may result in the suspension or termination of your access to and use of the Anyscale Service.

Last Modified May 1, 2024