terms of service

noun

1. the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. TOS, ToS

Word History and Origins

Origin of terms of service¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Its terms of service states imagery, stories, characters and boutique locations "may have been created using generate AI" to "enhance customer experience".

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And many platforms block VPNs from accessing their services, and using one may breach their terms of service.

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A spokeswoman for Replit said the company was unaware of the practice and that “using Replit personal accounts for commercial purposes or for extracting data for other machine learning models is against our terms of service.”

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Midjourney responded in a filing in August that its terms of service require users not to infringe on intellectual property and that there are “any number of legitimate, noninfringing grounds” to generate images including copyrighted characters.

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“Companies can change their terms of service at any point.”

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