Terms and Conditions
Last updated: October 27, 2024
1. Acceptance of Terms
These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Word of Lore.ai website and services (collectively, the "Service") operated by Quadrupley, Inc. ("Company," "we," "us," or "our"). By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, you may not access the Service.
2. Description of Service
2.1. Word of Lore.ai provides AI evaluations (referred to as "Trials"), trial cards, articles, stories, and curated news relevant to the AI industry.
2.2. The Service includes both freely available content and content restricted to subscription members.
2.3. The Service includes articles with interactive AI components and "Lore Labs" interactive apps (collectively, "Interactive Features").
3. User Accounts and Membership
3.1. To access certain features of the Service, you must register for an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.
3.2. You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the Service and for any activities or actions under your password.
3.3. You agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
4. Content and Intellectual Property Rights
4.1. The Service and its original content, features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of Quadrupley, Inc. and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both Canada and foreign countries.
4.2. Trial Cards are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0). This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to Word of Lore.ai. The full terms of this license can be found at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
4.3. Under the CC BY-ND 4.0 license, you may: a) Share — copy and redistribute the Trial Cards in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
Under the following terms: b) Attribution — You must give appropriate credit to Word of Lore.ai, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests Word of Lore.ai endorses you or your use. c) NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the Trial Cards, you may not distribute the modified material.
4.4. In cases where modification is necessary to meet a publisher's brand standards, all elements must remain present, including: full AI Trial name, participating AIs and their ratings (including rating deviation), the outcome of the pairing, trial card ID, and Word of Lore.ai attribution with logo. In such cases, please contact Word of Lore.ai for permission and guidance.
4.5. You may not duplicate, copy, or reuse any portion of the HTML/CSS, JavaScript, or visual design elements or concepts without express written permission from Quadrupley, Inc., except as permitted for Trial Cards under the CC BY-ND 4.0 license.
4.6. The Interactive Features are provided "as is" and subject to the limitations and disclaimers set forth in these Terms. You agree to use these features at your own risk and discretion.
5. User-Generated Content
5.1. The Service may allow for user-generated content in the form of comments on designated pages.
5.2. By posting, uploading, or otherwise making available any content on the Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content.
5.3. You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to such content and that the posting of your content does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other rights of any person.
6. Prohibited Uses
You agree not to use the Service:
6.1. In any way that violates any applicable federal, provincial, local, or international law or regulation.
6.2. To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user, or any other person or entity.
6.3. To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Service, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Service or expose them to liability.
7. Age Restrictions
7.1. The Service is intended for use by adults. For the purposes of this policy:
- In the United States, Canada, and most other countries, "adult" means 18 years of age or older.
- In the European Union and the United Kingdom, "adult" means 16 years of age or older, unless a member state has specified a higher age limit (not exceeding 18 years).
- In Japan, "adult" means 20 years of age or older.
By using this service, you represent and warrant that:
a) You are of legal age as defined above for your jurisdiction to form a binding contract with Quadrupley, Inc., or
b) You are at least 13 years old and have obtained verifiable parental consent to use this service.
If you are under 13 years of age, you may not use Word of Lore.ai under any circumstances.
7.2. By using this Service, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company or have parental consent to do so.
8. Privacy and Data Protection
8.1. Our Privacy Policy, available at [insert link], forms part of these Terms and Conditions. By agreeing to these Terms, you also agree to our Privacy Policy.
8.2. We collect and process personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. This may include: a) Information you provide when registering an account or subscribing to our services, such as your name and email address. b) Billing information and transaction records for paid services. c) Your marketing and communications preferences. d) Information you share in comments on designated pages. e) Contact information when you communicate with us through various channels. f) Technical information related to your use of our services, such as IP address, login/logout records, browser type, device information, and aggregated user data.
8.3. We use your personal data where permitted by law, including to: a) Provide and manage our services. b) Process payments and recover debts. c) Communicate with you, including for marketing purposes if you've consented. d) Improve our services and conduct data analysis. e) Comply with legal obligations.
8.4. We may share your data with third-party vendors and hosting partners to provide our services. By using our services, you consent to such data transfers.
8.5. You have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your personal data. To exercise these rights, please contact us at humans@wordoflore.ai.
8.6. We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, or as required by law.
9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
9.1. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are required to use the Word of Lore.ai service.
9.2. We use cookies to record current session information but do not use permanent cookies. You are required to re-login to your Word of Lore.ai account after a certain period of time has elapsed to protect you against others accidentally accessing your account contents.
9.3. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
10. Subscriptions and Payments
10.1. Some features of the Service are billed on a subscription basis ("Subscription(s)"). You will be billed in advance on a recurring and periodic basis ("Billing Cycle").
10.2. At the end of each Billing Cycle, your Subscription will automatically renew under the exact same conditions unless you cancel it or the Company cancels it.
10.3. You may cancel your Subscription renewal either through your online account management page or by contacting the Company's customer support team.
11. Community Code of Conduct
11.1. As a member of the Word of Lore.ai community, you agree to adhere to our Community Code of Conduct.
11.2. The Community Code of Conduct outlines the expected behavior and guidelines for all community members to ensure a positive, respectful, and inclusive environment.
11.3. Violation of the Community Code of Conduct may result in the termination or suspension of your account and access to the Service, as outlined in Section 12 of these Terms.
11.4. The full Community Code of Conduct can be found at https://wordoflore.ai/about/code-of-conduct/. By agreeing to these Terms, you also agree to abide by the Community Code of Conduct.
12. Termination
12.1. We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms.
12.2. All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
13. Limitation of Liability
13.1. In no event shall Quadrupley, Inc., nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from: a) Your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; b) Any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; c) Any content obtained from the Service; and d) Unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
13.2. AI Trials and Ratings provided through the Service are not intended to represent objective AI performance and may be subject to editorial discretion. The Company disclaims any liability for decisions made based on this information.
13.3. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Quadrupley, Inc. shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses (even if Quadrupley, Inc. has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from the use of or inability to use the Interactive Features.
13.4. You acknowledge and agree that the Interactive Features may produce errors, unexpected results, or biased output. Quadrupley, Inc. makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any output or results obtained from using these features.
14. Disclaimer
14.1. Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. The Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or course of performance.
14.2. Quadrupley, Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliates, and licensors do not warrant that: a) The Service will function uninterrupted, secure or available at any particular time or location; b) Any errors or defects will be corrected; c) The Service is free of viruses or other harmful components; or d) The results of using the Service will meet your requirements.
14.3. The Interactive Features are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. You expressly understand and agree that your use of these features is at your sole risk. Quadrupley, Inc. expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
14.4. Quadrupley, Inc. makes no warranty that (i) the Interactive Features will meet your requirements, (ii) the Interactive Features will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the Interactive Features will be accurate or reliable, or (iv) any errors in the Interactive Features will be corrected.
15. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Ontario, Canada, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights.
16. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion. By continuing to access or use our Service after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.
17. Compliance with Privacy Regulations
Word of Lore.ai complies with applicable privacy regulations, including GDPR and CCPA. For more information on how we handle data subject to these regulations, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
18. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, or if you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights (including access, correction, or deletion of your personal data), please contact us at humans@wordoflore.ai.
19. Use of Interactive Features
19.1. You agree to use the Interactive Features responsibly and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
19.2. You acknowledge that the Interactive Features may generate content that could be deemed offensive, inaccurate, or inappropriate. Quadrupley, Inc. is not responsible for any such content generated through these features.
19.3. You agree not to use the Interactive Features for any unlawful purpose or in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service.
19.4. Quadrupley, Inc. reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Interactive Features at any time without notice or liability.
By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms, including the Community Code of Conduct, and agree to be bound by them.