This AI Usage Policy ("AI Usage Policy") applies to you and your authorized users’ use of AI Functionality in our Services. Unless otherwise defined in this AI Usage Policy, capitalized words or phrases have the meanings given to them in the Agreement. If there is a conflict between this AI Usage Policy and any other document forming the Agreement, the order of precedence is as follows: this AI Usage Policy, any applicable Third-Party Provider Terms, the applicable Ordering Document, any applicable product specific terms, any applicable additional terms for Services with generative AI skills or AI functionality, and the Thomson Reuters General Terms and Conditions (or other applicable governing terms).You and your authorized users may use the AI Functionality only for its intended use and in accordance with this AI Usage Policy and the Agreement.  In addition to any restrictions in the Third-Party Provider Terms, you will not use the AI Functionality or any Output in the following manners/for the following purposes:

  1. Illegal Activities and Harm to Vulnerable Groups: In any way that violates or seeks to promote or facilitate a violation of applicable laws (including any ordinance or regulation), exploits or harms children, or engages in human trafficking or sexual exploitation;
  2. Deception and Harmful Conduct: To deceive, defraud, mislead or misinform others, or to engage in, promote or encourage harassment, discrimination, violence, terrorism, abuse, bullying, threats, intimidation or hateful behavior;
  3. Discrimination: To discriminate against or unlawfully treat individuals or groups in the provision or denial of essential goods, services or benefits (including education, employment, credit, healthcare, housing or insurance) on the basis of protected characteristics such as age, color, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, language, national origin, race, religion, reproductive health, sex, veteran status or other protected classifications;
  4. Professional Advice and Automated Decision-Making: For automated decision-making, or as a substantial factor in making decisions with legal or similarly significant effects, or to assist in providing legal, financial, health, medical, tax or other professional advice, decisions or recommendations unless reviewed by a licensed or qualified professional before providing advice or making decisions;
  5. Dangerous Materials and Critical Infrastructure: To develop, use or distribute weapons, explosives, dangerous or controlled substances, or to operate, support or disrupt critical infrastructure (including electrical, water, gas and nuclear systems, traffic control, emergency services and telecommunications);
  6. Political Activities and Manipulation: To engage in political campaigning, lobbying or election interference, or to deploy techniques that materially distort behavior by impairing informed decision-making or exploiting vulnerabilities (such as age, disability or socio-economic situation) in ways that cause or are likely to cause significant harm;
  7. Biometric Systems and Social Scoring: For social scoring systems causing detrimental or unfavorable treatment, risk-assessment systems predicting criminal behavior (except supporting human assessment based on objective facts), untargeted scraping for facial recognition databases, emotion recognition in workplaces or educational institutions (except for medical or safety reasons), categorizing individuals based on biometric data to infer protected characteristics (such as race, political opinions, religious beliefs or sexual orientation), or real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces (for law enforcement or otherwise);
  8. Circumvention and Misrepresentation: To circumvent or interfere with features or safeguards of the AI Functionality designed to limit violations or harms or to prompt the services to violate the Agreement, this AI Usage Policy or applicable laws, or to represent that Outputs are solely human-generated; or
  9. National Security and Geographic Restrictions: For national security or intelligence purposes without our prior review and approval, or to access from or offer access from China or Russia.

In addition, you agree you will not remove or alter any mark included in Outputs that confirms the provenance of the Outputs.

We have the right to modify this AI Usage Policy from time to time. Such modified version becomes effective on posting on our website or within the Service. You will be notified of modifications through notifications or posts on https://bluegenai.discourse.group. Your continued use of the AI Functionality after the effective date of the modifications will be deemed acceptance of the updated AI Usage Policy.