Acceptable Use Policy

Last Updated: 1 March, 2024

We want Stability AI Technology to be used safely and responsibly, and  our technology is created for use by adults. You must be 18 years of age or older to use Stability AI Technology or obtain parental consent.  If you access, use, or distribute any Stability AI models, software, or other materials (“Stability AI Technology”), you agree to this Acceptable Use Policy (“Policy”).  This includes non-commercial use of our platform, APIs and open source code as well as commercial use via the purchase of a membership license.

You agree you will not use, or allow others to use, Stability AI Technology:

  • To violate the law or others’ rights (including but not limited to, intellectual property and data privacy rights), nor will you promote, contribute to, encourage, facilitate, plan, incite, or further anyone else’s violation of the law or others’ rights;

  • To commit, promote, contribute to, facilitate, encourage, plan, incite, or further any of the following:

    • Violence, terrorism or generation of hateful content that discriminates or threatens a protected group of people (whether based on gender, ethnicity, sexual identity or orientation, or religion, among others). 

    • Exploitation or harm to children, including the solicitation, creation, acquisition, or dissemination of child exploitative content;

    • Encouragement or  instructions related to self harm. 

  • To promote human trafficking, exploitation, and sexual violence;

  • To harass, abuse, threaten, stalk, or bully individuals or groups of individuals

  • To create Non consensual nudity or illegal pornographic content;

  • To create and disseminate extreme gore such as images involving bodily destruction, mutilation, torture or animal abuse. 

  • To discriminate in the provision of employment, employment benefits, credit, housing, other economic benefits, or other essential goods and services on the basis of race, color, caste, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information (including family medical history) except as may be required by applicable law (such as the provision of social security benefits solely to people who meet certain age requirements under the law);

  • To create malicious code, malware, computer viruses or any activity that could disable, overburden, interfere with or impair the proper working, integrity, operation or appearance of a website or computer system;

  • For purposes of or for the performance of:

    • Fully automated decision-making, including profiling, with respect to an individual or group of individuals which produces legal effects concerning such individual(s) or similarly significantly affects such individual(s);

    • Systematic or automated scraping, mining, extraction, or harvesting of personally identifiable data, or similar activity, from the output of any Stability AI Technology except with respect to data that you have provided as input to the Stability AI Technology and which you are legally entitled to process, for so long as you retain such entitlement;

    • Development, improvement, or manufacture of any weapons of mass destruction (such as nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons), weapons of war (such as missiles or landmines), or any gain of function-related activities with respect to any pathogens;

    • Mission critical applications or systems where best industry practices require fail-safe controls or performance, including operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation, electrical grids, communication systems, water treatment facilities, air traffic control, life support, weapons systems, or emergency locator or other emergency services;

  • To intentionally deceive or mislead others, including the use of Stability AI Technology related to the following:

    • Generating, promoting, or furthering fraud or the creation or promotion of disinformation;

    • Generating, promoting, or furthering defamatory content, including the creation of defamatory statements, images, or other content;

    • Generating, promoting, or further distributing spam;

    • Impersonating another individual without consent, authorization, or legal right

    • Representing or misleading people into believing that the use of Stability AI Technology or outputs are human-generated;

    • Generating or facilitating false online engagement, including fake reviews and other means of fake online engagement;

    • Generating or facilitating large-scale disinformation campaigns;

    • Generating political advertisements, propaganda, or influence campaigns;

  • In a manner that fails to appropriately disclose to end users any known dangers of your AI system or misrepresent or mislead with respect to its abilities.