Review AI Provider TOS for Compliance (Anthropic + OpenAI)

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TOS Compliance Review Needed

Context

Scribe uses Anthropic (Claude) and OpenAI APIs to generate SEO articles for customers. Need to ensure our product and customer usage complies with both providers TOS.

Key Areas to Review

1. AI Disclosure Requirement (HIGH PRIORITY)

• OpenAI TOS: Cannot represent Output as human-generated when it is not
• Anthropic AUP: Cannot impersonate a human by presenting results as human-generated
• Action: Add optional AI disclosure setting in platform. Include in our TOS that customers are responsible for AI disclosure compliance in their jurisdiction.

2. Spam / Mass Content Concerns (MEDIUM)

• OpenAI prohibits spam and deceit under usage policies
• Mass-generated thin SEO content could be flagged
• Mitigation: Our quality gate (1000+ words, real value, proper SEO) keeps us compliant. Document this.

3. Impersonation / Attribution (MEDIUM)

• Both providers prohibit creating fake personas to mislead about content origin
• Action: Articles must be attributed to actual brand/person, not fake authors

4. No Competing Models (LOW RISK)

• Both prohibit using outputs to train competing AI models
• We build ON their APIs, not a competing LLM — no issue here

5. Content Ownership (CLEAR)

• Both providers assign output ownership to customer via API
• Anthropic will not train on customer content from API services
• OpenAI Business Terms do not train on API data by default

Recommended Actions

• Add AI disclosure option/setting in Scribe platform
• Draft Scribe TOS section on AI disclosure responsibility
• Add content quality standards documentation (anti-spam)
• Review and document attribution requirements
• Add human review step as platform feature (aligns with both providers guidance)

References

• OpenAI Terms of Use: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/
• OpenAI Usage Policies: https://openai.com/policies/usage-policies/
• OpenAI Sharing Publication Policy: https://openai.com/policies/sharing-publication-policy/
• Anthropic Commercial Terms: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms
• Anthropic Usage Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup

Priority

Pre-launch — should be addressed before public beta (April 2026)