Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of These Terms

By accessing or using ChatZero, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

2. The Service

ChatZero is a browser-based, free-to-use text detection tool that detects AI. Simply copy and paste any text or upload a .txt, .docx or .pdf. The text will be passed through our detection backend and will return an overall AI likelihood score and flagged sentences.

No account is required. ChatZero will not write or rewrite your text. It will not provide you with the model name of the exact AI model that may have generated that sentence. There is also no image, audio or video detection, just text extraction from the uploaded document.

The service is provided as a general aid. See the section below on Results Are Estimates for more information.

3. Eligibility

You may use ChatZero if you are legally able to agree to these Terms. If you are under 18, you may use the Service only with the consent of a parent or guardian and in accordance with the children section of our Privacy Policy. The Service is not intended for children under the age of 13.

If you are using ChatZero on behalf of a school, company, or organization then you confirm that you have the authority to agree to these Terms.

4. A Free Service That May Change

ChatZero is currently free to use. We reserve the right to modify and suspend the Service, or parts of it, at any time. We may introduce optional accounts or paid features in the future, which will be detailed in updated terms.

The Website is not guaranteed to be available at all times, and we cannot guarantee that it will be free from interruption or error. Occasionally we will need to take the Service offline for maintenance, capacity, security and other issues.

As this service is free of charge there are no charges to refund. If we introduce paid features in the future this will be detailed at the time.

5. Acceptable Use

You must use ChatZero responsibly and in compliance with the law. You agree not to:

• Abuse, overload, interfere or disrupt any service or user of the service
• Scrape, crawl, harvest or otherwise copy any content or results on the Website without our prior written consent
• Reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to access the source code/model/components of the service except to the extent permitted by law
• Bypass rate limiting, security or access controls
• Upload or paste any content that you do not have the rights to, or any illegal content (that may include content involving exploitation of children)
• Use the service to commit illegal activities or to misrepresent the meaning of any ChatZero results

If we believe any of these terms have been violated we reserve the right to deny, restrict or block access.

6. Your Content

You retain ownership of all text and files you provide ("User Content"). We do not own your essays, drafts or writings.

We require you to allow CoreAI LLC a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive license to host, store, process, transfer and display your User Content, to perform the detection test and provide scores and highlighted sentences, to provide and protect the Service and as further set out in our Privacy Policy. This license will last for [RETENTION_PERIOD] and for any longer period we are legally obliged to retain the content. The license will cease once we delete your content (excluding any residual copies in regular back-ups which will be deleted in the normal way).

You are responsible for ensuring that you have the appropriate rights to provide the User Content. You also confirm that by providing the User Content you are not breaching any laws or rights of another party. If you are detecting content that isn't yours you are responsible for adhering to any rules set by your school, workplace or other organization.

7. Results Are Estimates

The score and highlighted text provided by ChatZero are an indication based on patterns in the text and do not mean that a person has used AI nor provide evidence of cheating, originality, authorship or academic integrity.

Results can be inaccurate in both directions. The tool can fail to detect text that has been substantially edited after being generated using AI. It can also wrongly flag text generated by humans which is formal or highly structured. Texts with very little content will also be challenging.

You agree that you will not make an academic, employment or disciplinary decision based solely on a ChatZero result. If a large amount is at stake, you should refer back to the actual text and use additional evidence such as drafts and version history.

We cannot guarantee that any results will be accurate, complete or fit for a particular purpose.

8. Intellectual Property

The Website (including the design, software, text, graphics and ChatZero brand name) is owned by CoreAI LLC or their licensors. The Website is protected by intellectual property laws. This does NOT grant any ownership rights to you.

You have a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Website in accordance with these Terms. You must not copy, alter, distribute, sell or produce derivative works based on the software, design and branding, except insofar as we explicitly permit it or required by law.

9. Third-Party Links

Links to other sites or services may be provided on the Website. These are for convenience only and do not mean we endorse the third party. We cannot be held responsible for the content or policies or practices of any linked websites. You should check the terms and privacy policy of any website you visit via a link.

10. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available." To the maximum extent permitted by law, CoreAI LLC excludes all warranties, express, implied or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.

We make no warranties that the Service will be accurate, uninterrupted, secure, error-free or free from viruses or malicious computer code. Certain places may not allow us to exclude certain warranties, so some of the above may not apply to you. This does not affect any warranties that cannot be excluded by law.

11. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall CoreAI LLC or its officers, directors, employees or agents be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages or any damages whatsoever, including but not limited to damages for loss of profits, data or use, or for business interruption, arising out of or related to the use of or inability to use the Service or these Terms, even if CoreAI LLC has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

In no event shall our liability arising from or related to the Service or these Terms exceed [LIABILITY_CAP e.g. one hundred dollars (US $100)] or the price paid by you for the Service during the twelve months prior to the claim, whichever is higher. Given the current offering of the Service is free of charge this may be limited to the minimum required by law.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions, so some of the above may not apply to you. In jurisdictions where they do not apply, nothing in these Terms excludes liability to the extent that it cannot be excluded by applicable law, including liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or for death or personal injury resulting from negligence.

12. Indemnity

You agree to defend and indemnify CoreAI LLC, its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, losses and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorney's fees) arising out of your use of the Service, User Content, breach of these Terms or infringement of another party's rights. You agree to cooperate with us if we decide to handle the defense of a claim ourselves.

13. Termination

You can stop using ChatZero at any time and we reserve the right to suspend or withdraw your access to the Service at any time (with or without notice) if, in our opinion, you have breached these Terms, or if we have to do so for legal or security reasons or if we stop providing the Service.

Certain sections will remain in force after termination including any provisions relating to results, intellectual property, warranties, limitation of liability, indemnification and governing law.

14. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of [GOVERNING_STATE], excluding its conflict of law provisions. You and CoreAI LLC agree that the courts of [GOVERNING_STATE] shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any dispute arising out of these Terms or the Service. However, we retain the right to seek injunctive relief in any court to protect our intellectual property and/or the Service. These Terms do not exclude your right to bring claims in your local courts if you are entitled to do so under the laws of your place of residence.

15. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We'll publish the updated version of these Terms on this page with an updated effective date. For major changes we'll give you more prominent notice of the changes where reasonable. By continuing to use our Service you agree to be bound by any such updated Terms. If you do not agree to any updated Terms you should stop using our Service.

16. Other Terms

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and CoreAI LLC regarding the Service. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court of law to be unenforceable, all remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. Failure to enforce a provision does not constitute a waiver of your rights under any provision hereunder. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms as part of a reorganization, merger or sale of assets.

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