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DeepSeek Chat carries highly permissive license terms; Lexis+ AI carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: DEEPSEEK CHAT NOT RECOMMENDED · LEXIS+ AI NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | DEEPSEEK CHAT | LEXIS+ AI |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
“ 4.1 You are responsible for all Inputs you submit to our Services and corresponding Outputs. By submitting Inputs to our Services, you represent and warrant that you have all rights, licenses, and permissions that are necessary for us to process the Inputs under our Terms. Y…”
“4.10 Prompt Retention. Certain features of the Online Services, including those utilizing AI technology, permit an Authorized User to enter or create a prompt (a “Prompt”), including Prompts requesting the summarization or analysis of text entered into the Prompt by the Authorize…”
“we grant you a revocable, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right to legally use this product and related services. All other rights not expressly authorized by these Terms are reserved by DeepSeek, and before exercising such rights, you must obtain written permission from…”
The terms do not explicitly assign ownership of generated outputs to users. Combined with DeepSeek's broad reservation of all non-expressly-granted rights, there is no clear statement that users own or receive an unrestricted license to their outputs.
“4.4 LN does not claim intellectual property rights in any content created by your use of the AI Services (“Output”) except to the extent that the Output includes Independent Content. “Independent Content” means any work of authorship in the data that is subject to a copyright (1…”
“To improve and develop the Services and to train and improve our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms. Including by monitoring interactions and usage across your devices, analyzing how people are using it, and training and improving our technology.”
User inputs and interactions are explicitly used to train AI models with no opt-out mechanism described in this section.
“LN is free to incorporate and implement any Feedback into LN products or services without payment of current or future royalties or compensation. In consideration of your participation in and access to Beta Product development, you hereby assign to LN all rights, title, and inter…”
All 'Feedback' (including survey responses, user experience insights, and Beta Product participation) is fully assigned to LN with no compensation, and a sweeping irrevocable license as a fallback. This applies to Beta Product participants.
“ (4) Without DeepSeek's authorization, copying, transferring, leasing,”
“(a)so long as performed via Online Services functionality”
“the right to delete Personal Data you’ve provided to us, or that we’ve obtained about you;”
The policy mentions a deletion right but provides no information on actual retention periods, deletion timelines, or whether model weights trained on user data can be 'deleted'.
“(b)except under Section 1.1(d),”
“and **Payment Personal Data** are not applicable to DeepSeek App.”
“2.1 Only your employees (including temps), students, partners, members, owners, shareholders, and contractors (to the extent performing dedicated work exclusively for you) are eligible to access and use the Online Services and Materials under your Agreement. You will identify to…”