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SIDE-BY-SIDE · 2 OF 3
Two platforms.
Same questions.
Bing Copilot
ENTERPRISE SEARCH / PRODUCTIVITY
PROMPT
Microsoft does not claim ownership of user inputs to AI services.
OUTPUT
Output IP left to user determination per Microsoft Services Agreement.
TRAINING
Consumer product. Search/AI queries may be used to improve Bing. Training use not clearly excluded for consumer tier.
COMMERCIAL
Designated for personal and non-commercial use in Microsoft's consumer Services Agreement.
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The Forecasting Company
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
Users are granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, and freely revocable right to access and use the Service for personal or internal business purposes. Separately, qualifying subscribers receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable API license during their Subscription term. Critically, users grant The Forecasting Company an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), fully paid, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, copy, store, modify, distribute, reproduce, publish, create derivative works of, and display User Content — which would encompass submitted prompts — for service provision, product improvement, data analysis, customer research, new feature development, usage trend identification, and industry benchmark creation. Users do not own their User Account and possess no rights to data stored on The Forecasting Company's servers.
OUTPUT
Users may use Service Output for internal business purposes on a royalty-free basis, but use of the Service and its Output does not transfer any Intellectual Property Rights in the Output to the user. The Forecasting Company retains the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to limit a user's use of Output or require cessation and deletion of copies at any time, if it believes such use may infringe third-party rights. Users are explicitly prohibited from representing Output as human-generated or using Output to train their own machine learning models. The Service may generate identical or similar Output for multiple users.
TRAINING
Users are explicitly prohibited from using any Service content — including captions, keywords, or metadata — for machine learning or AI training purposes. However, the broad User Content license granted to The Forecasting Company expressly includes use for 'improving our products and the Service' and 'developing new products or features,' which encompasses potential model training on submitted User Content. An opt-out mechanism is available: if a user opts out, The Forecasting Company will not use that user's User Content after opt-out to train its machine-learning models or improve the Service. Pre-opt-out use is not addressed.
COMMERCIAL
Users are prohibited from using the Service for commercial solicitation purposes and from copying, reselling, sublicensing, distributing, modifying, or creating derivative works of the Service or The Forecasting Company's Intellectual Property, including via automated scraping. Commercial users engaged in arbitration are responsible for their own JAMS filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees, with any award including costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. All liability disclaimers and terms apply to all users regardless of personal or commercial use. The Service is classified as commercial computer software for government users.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Bing Copilot carries the most permissive license terms of the set; The Forecasting Company has no scored posture yet (unrated).FOR ENTERPRISE: BING COPILOT NOT RECOMMENDED · THE FORECASTING COMPANY NOT YET SCORED
↳ Compliance surfaces · side by side
⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | BING COPILOT | THE FORECASTING COMPANY |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
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SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Bing Copilot
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Microsoft does not claim ownership of user inputs to AI services.
“ 18. Reservation of Rights and Feedback. Except as expressly provided under these Terms, Microsoft does not grant you ”
The Forecasting Company
MEDUNRATED
Users are granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, and freely revocable right to access and use the Service for personal or internal business purposes. Separately, qualifying subscribers receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable API license during their Subscription term. Critically, users grant The Forecasting Company an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), fully paid, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, copy, store, modify, distribute, reproduce, publish, create derivative works of, and display User Content — which would encompass submitted prompts — for service provision, product improvement, data analysis, customer research, new feature development, usage trend identification, and industry benchmark creation. Users do not own their User Account and possess no rights to data stored on The Forecasting Company's servers.
“ Intellectual Property Rights Definition. For the purposes of these Terms, “ Intellectual Property Rights ” means all patent rights, copyright rights, mask work rights, moral rights, rights of personality, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rig…”
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Bing Copilot
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Output IP left to user determination per Microsoft Services Agreement.
“ vii. Content credentials. When you use the AI services to generate content, Microsoft may store information about the content and associate this information and the content with content credentials. You may not use the AI services or create content with the purpose of removing,…”
The Forecasting Company
MED⚠ CAUTIONUNRATED
Users may use Service Output for internal business purposes on a royalty-free basis, but use of the Service and its Output does not transfer any Intellectual Property Rights in the Output to the user. The Forecasting Company retains the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to limit a user's use of Output or require cessation and deletion of copies at any time, if it believes such use may infringe third-party rights. Users are explicitly prohibited from representing Output as human-generated or using Output to train their own machine learning models. The Service may generate identical or similar Output for multiple users.
“ Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you may use your output of the Service (“ Output” ) for your internal business purposes (except as described below), on a royalty-free basis, provided that you acknowledge and agree: (i) that your use of the Service and the Output doe…”
T
SURFACE 03
Model Training
Bing Copilot
MEDHIGH
Consumer product. Search/AI queries may be used to improve Bing. Training use not clearly excluded for consumer tier.
“ Research . With appropriate safeguards for individuals’ rights and freedoms, we use data for research, including AI and machine learning, for public interest and scientific purposes.”
The Forecasting Company
MED⚠ CAUTIONUNRATED
Users are explicitly prohibited from using any Service content — including captions, keywords, or metadata — for machine learning or AI training purposes. However, the broad User Content license granted to The Forecasting Company expressly includes use for 'improving our products and the Service' and 'developing new products or features,' which encompasses potential model training on submitted User Content. An opt-out mechanism is available: if a user opts out, The Forecasting Company will not use that user's User Content after opt-out to train its machine-learning models or improve the Service. Pre-opt-out use is not addressed.
“ use any content available on or via the Service (including any caption information, keywords, or other metadata) for any machine learning and/or artificial intelligence training or development purposes, or for any technologies designed or intended for the identification of natur…”
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Bing Copilot
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Designated for personal and non-commercial use in Microsoft's consumer Services Agreement.
“ b. The software is licensed, not sold, and Microsoft reserves all rights to the software not expressly granted by Microsoft, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. This license does not give you any right to, and you may not: ”
The Forecasting Company
MED⚠ CAUTIONUNRATED
Users are prohibited from using the Service for commercial solicitation purposes and from copying, reselling, sublicensing, distributing, modifying, or creating derivative works of the Service or The Forecasting Company's Intellectual Property, including via automated scraping. Commercial users engaged in arbitration are responsible for their own JAMS filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees, with any award including costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. All liability disclaimers and terms apply to all users regardless of personal or commercial use. The Service is classified as commercial computer software for government users.
“ buy, sell or transfer API keys without our prior written consent in each case;”
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Bing Copilot
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ Get new photo notifications from your mobile device. This feature allows you to receive notifications from your linked mobile device on your Windows PC. These photos are temporarily stored on your Windows PC while you are editing or opening those photos. You will need to initia…”
The Forecasting Company
MED⚠ CAUTIONUNRATED
—
“ This policy relates solely to this Application, if not stated otherwise within this document.”
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Bing Copilot
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
—
“ f. Refund Policy. Unless otherwise provided by law or by a particular Service offer, all purchases are final and non-refundable. If you believe that Microsoft has charged you in error, you must contact us within 90 days of such charge. No refunds will be given for any charges mo…”
The Forecasting Company
MED⚠ CAUTIONUNRATED
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“ Cancellation; Refunds. You may de-activate your User Account or any Subscription at any time, in your sole discretion, and we may, subject to Section 8.1 (Billing Policies; Taxes), suspend or terminate your Subscription, your User Account, or the Service at any time, in our sole…”