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Character.AI has moderate defaults; DALL-E (OpenAI) carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: CHARACTER.AI ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE · DALL-E (OPENAI) NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | CHARACTER.AI | DALL-E (OPENAI) |
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“ Generated Content. When you create an automated AI character ("Character") using the Services in accordance with these Terms, then as between you and Character.AI, you own all rights in that Character. When you generate content of any kind using the Services – for example, Chara…”
“Third party Services. Our services may include third party software, products, or services, (“Third Party Services”) and some parts of our Services, like our browse feature, may include output from those services (“Third Party Output”). Third Party Services and Third Party Output…”
“- You must not use any Output relating to a person for any purpose that could have a legal or material impact on that person, such as making credit, educational, employment, housing, insurance, legal, medical, or other important decisions about them.”
“ Develop new features, algorithms and machine learning models, programs, and services;”
“- If you enable [Temporary Chat(opens in a new window)](https://help.openai.com/articles/8914046-temporary-chat-faq) in ChatGPT, those conversations with ChatGPT will not appear in your history or be used to improve OpenAI’s models.”
“ (v) constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, commercial activities and/or sales, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” “contests,” “sweepstakes,” or any other form of solicitation;”
“We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures designed to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or err…”
“ General Practices Regarding Use and Storage. You acknowledge that Character.AI may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Services. These may include, without limitation, the maximum period of time that data or other content will be retained by the Services…”
“**Your Opt-Out Rights.** We don’t “sell” Personal Data. Depending upon your choices, we may share limited data with select marketing partners for purposes of promoting our products and services to you on third-party properties.”
“Service credits. You can pay for some Services in advance by purchasing service credits. All service credits are subject to our [Service Credit Terms](https://openai.com/policies/service-credit-terms/).”