Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Minors need a guardian’s consent
The services are primarily for adults. If you are under 18 or your country’s minimum age, you must read the Terms with a legal guardian and use the services only with that guardian’s consent. DeepSeek promises protective measures consistent with legal requirements and mainstream industry practices.
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2.1 The Services are primarily intended for adults. If you are under 18 years old or the minimum age required in your country, please read these Terms with your legal guardian and use the Services only with the consent of your legal guardian. DeepSeek fully understands the importance of protecting minors and will take corresponding protective measures in accordance with legal requirements and industry mainstream practices.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Registration information can affect access
Register by email or a third-party account, supply accurate, truthful, lawful and valid information, and accept the relevant rules. DeepSeek may refuse functions if information is defective or it has reason to suspect it is incorrect, false or illegal. It must offer a chance to explain or object; restoration follows promptly if DeepSeek, at its sole discretion, finds the objection valid. Accounts cannot be transferred, gifted or inherited.
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2.2 Before using the Services, you shall register an account using your Email or third-party account as per the page instructions. You must provide accurate, truthful, legal, and valid information as required and confirm your agreement to these Terms and other related rules and policies. If the materials or information you submit are inaccurate, untrue, non-standard, or if there is a reason for the company to suspect them as incorrect, false, or illegal, we reserve the right to refuse to provide you with related functions. As a result, you may be unable to use this platform and related services or may face restrictions on certain functions during use. In such cases, we will offer an opportunity for you to explain or object. If we determine your explanation or objection is valid at our sole discretion, we will promptly restore your access to the Services without reasonably delay. Your account is your credential for logging in and using the Services. The account is non-transferable, non-giftable, and non-inheritable.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Keep your account information valid and current
When registering and using an account, you guarantee the authenticity, legality and validity of registration information and must update it promptly. You must not register or use the services on someone else’s behalf.
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2.3 When you register and use an account, you must commit and guarantee that:
You take full responsibility for the authenticity, legality, and
validity of the registration information, update the registration information promptly, and must not register an account or use the Services on behalf of others.
Security & Safeguards · Procedure
Safeguard credentials and report unauthorized access
You must keep your account and password safe and take legal responsibility for account activities. Safeguard verification codes and log out securely after use. The Terms assign losses from account or password leaks to you, except losses caused by DeepSeek’s intentional or grossly negligent conduct. Notify DeepSeek immediately of unauthorized use; it promises commercially reasonable cooperation and handling. A recovery appeal procedure is available for lost accounts, forgotten passwords or leaked codes.
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Safely keep your account and password and take legal responsibility
for all activities under that account.
2.4 If you lose your account, forget your password, or leak your verification code, you can follow the procedure to appeal for recovery in a timely manner. We especially reminds you to properly safeguard your account, password, and verification code. After using them, you shall log out securely. You will bear full responsibility for any losses caused by the leakage of your account or password, except where the loss is caused by our intentional or gross negligent conduct. If users discover any unauthorized use of their accounts, they shall immediately notify us, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide cooperation and handling.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Do not bulk-register maliciously or share accounts
You must not maliciously register accounts, including frequent or bulk registration. You also must not transfer, lend, rent or otherwise provide your account to others.
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Do not maliciously register accounts, including but not limited to
frequent or bulk registration.
Do not transfer, lend, rent, or provide your account to others in any
form.
Retention & Deletion · User right or choice
Deleting an account does not erase every obligation
Under the agreed conditions, you may stop using the services, terminate the contract and delete your account. DeepSeek can still retain data required by law and exercise rights concerning unlawful conduct or violations before deletion. Section 8.2 separately specifies enforcement and compensation, with liability apportioned by fault when DeepSeek is also at fault.
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2.5 Under the agreed conditions, you have the option to discontinue the use of our Services, terminate the contract with us, and delete your account. However, even after the user deletes the account, we still have the right to:
Retain certain data of the user as required by laws and regulations.
Exercise the rights stipulated in these Terms for any illegal or
violating behavior committed by the user during the use of the Services before deletion.
8.2 In response to your violation of these Terms or other service terms, or your use of our Services could cause risk or harm to DeepSeek, our users, or anyone else, DeepSeek reserves the right to independently judge and take measures against you, including but not limited to, issuing warnings, setting deadlines for correction, restricting account functions, suspending usage, closing accounts, prohibiting re-registration, deleting relevant content, etc.. For behaviors suspected of violating laws and regulations or involving illegal activities, relevant records will be retained, and reports will be made to the competent authorities in accordance with the law, cooperating with their investigations. You shall be responsible for any legal liabilities, claims, demands, or losses asserted by third parties resulting therefrom, and you shall compensate us for any losses incurred, including but not limited to litigation fees, arbitration fees, attorney fees, notary fees, announcement fees, appraisal fees, travel expenses, investigation and evidence collection fees, compensation, liquidated damages, settlement costs, and administrative fines incurred in protecting our rights. However, if we are also at fault, liability shall be apportioned between you and Deepseek based on the degree of fault, as determined under applicable laws and regulations.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Your service license is revocable and limited
DeepSeek grants a revocable, non-transferable, non-exclusive right to lawful use under the Terms. Other rights require its written permission, and not exercising a right does not waive it. The separate permission to use Inputs and Outputs, including for model training, remains subject to law and these Terms; it does not transfer the service itself.
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3.1 You fully understand and agree that, under these Terms, 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 DeepSeek. Additionally, DeepSeek's failure to exercise any of these rights does not constitute a waiver of those rights. If you publish or disseminate outputs generated by the Services, you must: (1) proactively verify the authenticity and accuracy of the output content to avoid spreading false information; (2) clearly indicate that the output content is generated by artificial intelligence, to alert the public to the synthetic nature of the content; (3) avoid publishing and disseminating any output content that violates the usage specifications of these Terms.
4.2 Subject to applicable law and our Terms, you have the following rights regarding the Inputs and Outputs of the Services: (1) You retain any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Inputs you submit; (2) We assign any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Outputs of the Services to you. Due to the nature of our Services and artificial intelligence generally, Outputs may not be unique and other users may receive similar Outputs from our Services. Our assignment above does not extend to other users’ Outputs. (3) You may apply the Inputs and Outputs of the Services to a wide range of use cases, including personal use, academic research, derivative product development, training other models (such as model distillation), etc., as long as such usage is legal and adhere to these Terms.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Verify and label outputs before publishing
If you publish or distribute Outputs, you must proactively verify authenticity and accuracy, clearly identify the content as AI-generated, and avoid content violating the usage rules. Outputs can be wrong and are not professional advice. You must also preserve DeepSeek’s AI labels and must not delete, alter, forge, conceal or circumvent them.
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3.1 You fully understand and agree that, under these Terms, 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 DeepSeek. Additionally, DeepSeek's failure to exercise any of these rights does not constitute a waiver of those rights. If you publish or disseminate outputs generated by the Services, you must: (1) proactively verify the authenticity and accuracy of the output content to avoid spreading false information; (2) clearly indicate that the output content is generated by artificial intelligence, to alert the public to the synthetic nature of the content; (3) avoid publishing and disseminating any output content that violates the usage specifications of these Terms.
5.1 Any and all Outputs provided by this Service are generated by the foundation model and shall not constitute DeepSeek's legal declaration of intent, nor shall the Outputs represent DeepSeek's views or opinions in any event. If any Output references any third-party products or services, this does not mean that DeepSeek endorses that Output. The Outputs may contain errors or omissions and are for your reference only. You should NOT treat any Outputs as professional advice. In particular, when using this Service to consult on medical, legal, financial, and other professional issues, please note that the Output does not constitute any advice or commitment, nor does it represent opinions in any professional field. If you require related professional services, you should consult professionals and make decisions under their guidance. The Output of our Services shall not form the basis for your further actions or omissions. You are solely and independently responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on any Outputs, as well as for any consequences that follow.
5.3 To prevent confusion while reducing the potential impact of inaccurate generated information, DeepSeek has added labels within the platform to explicitly remind users that such content is AI generated. You shall not delete, alter, forge, conceal, or attempt to circumvent such labels, nor use this Service to produce or disseminate false information, infringing information, or engage in any illegal or non-compliant activities.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Use must respect laws, others’ rights and platform order
Users must follow the Terms and principles of voluntariness, equality, fairness and good faith. You must not engage in, facilitate or promote unlawful activity, infringement of others’ rights, unjust benefits or disruption of the platform’s normal order.
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3.2 When using the Services provided by DeepSeek, users shall comply with these Terms and adhere to the principles of voluntariness, equality, fairness, and good faith. Users shall not use the Service to engage in, facilitate, or promote any activities violating laws or regulations, infringing on the legal rights or interests of others or seek unjust benefits, nor shall you disrupt the normal order of the internet platform.
Use & Processing · Permission or license
DeepSeek can technically review user behavior
To meet legal and compliance requirements, DeepSeek reserves the right to review how users use the services through technical means, including risk filters and databases of illegal-content features. This is a reserved compliance power, not a statement that every interaction receives human review.
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3.3 To fulfill legal and compliance requirements, DeepSeek has the right to use technical means to review the behavior of users using the Services, including but not limited to establishing risk filtering mechanisms, and creating databases for illegal content features.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Abusive, discriminatory and sexual content is restricted
You must not use the services to generate, express or promote content or a chatbot that is hateful, defamatory, offensive, abusive, tortious or vulgar; deliberately antagonistic, bullying or trolling; potentially harassing, threatening, harmful, distressing or embarrassing; discriminatory, including on the listed personal characteristics; or pornographic, obscene or sexually explicit. The text expressly includes sexual chatbots.
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3.4 You will not use the Services to generate, express or promote content or a chatbot that:
(1) is hateful, defamatory, offensive, abusive, tortious or vulgar;
(2) is deliberately designed to provoke or antagonize another or is bullying or trolling another;
(3) may harass, intimidate, threaten, harm, hurt, scare, distress, embarrass or upset another;
(4) is discriminatory such as discriminating another based on race, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, disability or age;
(5) is pornographic, obscene, or sexually explicit (e.g., sexual chatbots);
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Violent, extremist and criminal content is restricted
The content/chatbot restriction also prohibits facilitating, promoting, inciting or glorifying violence or terrorist/extremist content, and content constituting or encouraging criminal offenses or giving instructions for them.
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3.4 You will not use the Services to generate, express or promote content or a chatbot that:
(6) facilitates, promotes, incites or glorifies violence or terrorist/extremism content;
(9) constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offence; or
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Do not exploit minors or design underage personas
The services must not generate, express or promote content or chatbots that exploit or harm minors, attempt to do so, or expose them to such content. The rule also prohibits designs specifically appealing to, or presenting the persona of, someone under 18 or the minimum age required in your country.
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3.4 You will not use the Services to generate, express or promote content or a chatbot that:
(7) exploits, harms, or attempts to exploit or harm minors or exposes minors to such content;
(8) are designed to specifically appeal to or present a persona of any person under the age of 18 or the minimum age required in your country;
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Impersonation needs consent or a clear disclaimer
Content or chatbots impersonating anyone other than yourself, including celebrities and public figures, must clearly say “unofficial” or “parody” unless that person explicitly consents. This exception addresses the impersonation restriction; the other content rules still apply.
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3.4 You will not use the Services to generate, express or promote content or a chatbot that:
(10) impersonates or is designed to impersonate a celebrity, public figure or a person other than yourself without clearly labelling the content or chatbot as "unofficial" or "parody", unless you have that person's explicit consent.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Do not intrude into or damage service systems
You must not interfere with, damage or attack the services or supporting systems, networks and models. Prohibited activities include unauthorized data/server/account access, packet-name forgery, unpermitted vulnerability scans or tests, malware or viruses, and unauthorized entry into computer systems to change stored information. Other activities endangering service components are also prohibited.
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3.5 You will not violate any applicable, nor interfere with, damage, or attack the Services, systems, networks, models, and other components that support the normal operation of the service. You will not engage in activities that endanger the security of the Services:
(1) Engage in illegal activities involving network intrusion, such as: using unauthorized data or accessing unauthorized servers/accounts; forging TCP/IP packet names or partial names; attempting to probe, scan, or test vulnerabilities in the software system or network without permission.
(2) Engage in activities that disrupt or damage the normal operation of the network, such as: intentionally generating, spreading malicious programs or viruses; entering public computer networks or other people's computer systems without permission and deleting, modifying, adding stored information, etc.
(4) Engaging in other activities that endanger the Services' systems, networks, models, and other components.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Reverse engineering and service scraping are restricted
Under the network-data-theft restriction, DeepSeek lists reverse engineering, disassembly, decompilation, translation or attempts to discover source code, models, algorithms or underlying components, and capturing or copying service content through robots, spiders, other automation or mirrors. Separately, Section 4.2 permits lawful use of Inputs and Outputs for derivative products and model training, including distillation, subject to the Terms. That permission does not expressly remove these service-extraction restrictions.
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3.5 You will not violate any applicable, nor interfere with, damage, or attack the Services, systems, networks, models, and other components that support the normal operation of the service. You will not engage in activities that endanger the security of the Services:
(3) Engage in activities to steal network data, such as: reverse engineering, reverse assembly, reverse compilation, translation, or attempting to discover the source code, models, algorithms, and system source code or underlying components of the software in any way; capturing, copying any content of the Services, including but not limited to using any robots, spiders, or other automatic setups, setting mirrors.
4.2 Subject to applicable law and our Terms, you have the following rights regarding the Inputs and Outputs of the Services: (1) You retain any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Inputs you submit; (2) We assign any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Outputs of the Services to you. Due to the nature of our Services and artificial intelligence generally, Outputs may not be unique and other users may receive similar Outputs from our Services. Our assignment above does not extend to other users’ Outputs. (3) You may apply the Inputs and Outputs of the Services to a wide range of use cases, including personal use, academic research, derivative product development, training other models (such as model distillation), etc., as long as such usage is legal and adhere to these Terms.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Illegal, dangerous and anti-competitive purposes are barred
Do not use the services for illegal purposes, regulatory-policy violations or infringement; dangerous purposes with potentially serious physical, psychological, societal or economic harms or technology-ethics violations; IP or trade-secret infringement, other business-ethics violations, monopolistic or unfair competition; or other legally prohibited or restricted uses or uses that may harm DeepSeek’s rights and interests.
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3.6 You will not use the Services for the following improper purposes:
(1) Using the Services for any illegal purposes that violate laws and regulations, regulatory policies, or infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of third parties.
(2) Using the Services for dangerous purposes that may have serious harmful impacts on physical health, psychology, society, or the economy, or violate scientific and technological ethics.
(3) Engaging in activities that infringe on intellectual property rights, trade secrets, and other violations of business ethics, or using algorithms, data, platforms, etc., to implement monopolistic and unfair competition behaviors.
(5) Other uses prohibited or restricted by laws and administrative regulations, or that may harm DeepSeek's rights and interests.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Reselling or lending the service requires authorization
Without DeepSeek’s authorization, you may not copy, transfer, lease, lend, sell or sublicense all or part of the services. Section 4.2’s permission to use Inputs and Outputs for lawful derivative products and model training is distinct from transferring the service itself and remains subject to the Terms.
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3.6 You will not use the Services for the following improper purposes:
(4) Without DeepSeek's authorization, copying, transferring, leasing, lending, selling, or sub-licensing the entire or part of the Services.
4.2 Subject to applicable law and our Terms, you have the following rights regarding the Inputs and Outputs of the Services: (1) You retain any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Inputs you submit; (2) We assign any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Outputs of the Services to you. Due to the nature of our Services and artificial intelligence generally, Outputs may not be unique and other users may receive similar Outputs from our Services. Our assignment above does not extend to other users’ Outputs. (3) You may apply the Inputs and Outputs of the Services to a wide range of use cases, including personal use, academic research, derivative product development, training other models (such as model distillation), etc., as long as such usage is legal and adhere to these Terms.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
Non-waivable consumer rights are preserved
The Terms say nothing in them affects statutory consumer rights that you are always legally entitled to and cannot contractually change or waive. This qualification applies to the agreement’s disclaimers and limitations.
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8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Violations or risky use can lead to restrictions or closure
If you violate these or other service terms, or your use could risk or harm DeepSeek, users or others, DeepSeek may independently decide on measures including warnings, correction deadlines, restricted functions, suspension, account closure, re-registration bans and content deletion. Suspected unlawful conduct can lead to retained records, lawful reports to authorities and cooperation with investigations. Non-waivable statutory consumer rights remain preserved.
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8.2 In response to your violation of these Terms or other service terms, or your use of our Services could cause risk or harm to DeepSeek, our users, or anyone else, DeepSeek reserves the right to independently judge and take measures against you, including but not limited to, issuing warnings, setting deadlines for correction, restricting account functions, suspending usage, closing accounts, prohibiting re-registration, deleting relevant content, etc.. For behaviors suspected of violating laws and regulations or involving illegal activities, relevant records will be retained, and reports will be made to the competent authorities in accordance with the law, cooperating with their investigations. You shall be responsible for any legal liabilities, claims, demands, or losses asserted by third parties resulting therefrom, and you shall compensate us for any losses incurred, including but not limited to litigation fees, arbitration fees, attorney fees, notary fees, announcement fees, appraisal fees, travel expenses, investigation and evidence collection fees, compensation, liquidated damages, settlement costs, and administrative fines incurred in protecting our rights. However, if we are also at fault, liability shall be apportioned between you and Deepseek based on the degree of fault, as determined under applicable laws and regulations.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Violation-related losses can be charged to you, subject to fault
For the violations or risky or harmful use addressed in Section 8.2, you are responsible for resulting third-party liabilities, claims, demands or losses and must compensate DeepSeek for its losses, including legal and arbitration costs, professional and investigation expenses, compensation, settlements and administrative fines. If DeepSeek is also at fault, liability is apportioned by degree of fault under applicable law. Non-waivable consumer rights remain protected.
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8.2 In response to your violation of these Terms or other service terms, or your use of our Services could cause risk or harm to DeepSeek, our users, or anyone else, DeepSeek reserves the right to independently judge and take measures against you, including but not limited to, issuing warnings, setting deadlines for correction, restricting account functions, suspending usage, closing accounts, prohibiting re-registration, deleting relevant content, etc.. For behaviors suspected of violating laws and regulations or involving illegal activities, relevant records will be retained, and reports will be made to the competent authorities in accordance with the law, cooperating with their investigations. You shall be responsible for any legal liabilities, claims, demands, or losses asserted by third parties resulting therefrom, and you shall compensate us for any losses incurred, including but not limited to litigation fees, arbitration fees, attorney fees, notary fees, announcement fees, appraisal fees, travel expenses, investigation and evidence collection fees, compensation, liquidated damages, settlement costs, and administrative fines incurred in protecting our rights. However, if we are also at fault, liability shall be apportioned between you and Deepseek based on the degree of fault, as determined under applicable laws and regulations.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Services are supplied as is, subject to statutory rights
DeepSeek disclaims express or implied warranties, representations and conditions, including satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and conformity with description. It does not promise to meet your requirements; uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service; accurate, current, reliable, non-infringing or secure information or Outputs; defect correction; or warranties about third-party offerings. These disclaimers do not override non-waivable consumer rights.
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8.3 THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND WE MAKE NO WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR CONDITION TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THEM, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED TERMS AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE OR CONFORMANCE WITH DESCRIPTION. IN PARTICULAR, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU:
(1) THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS;
(2) THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY PART THEREOF WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR;
(3) THAT ANY OUTPUT OR OTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, UP-TO-DATE, RELIABLE, NON-INFRINGING OR SECURE;
(4) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED;OR
(5) WITH RESPECT TO THIRD PARTY OFFERINGS.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Both parties exclude certain damages with misconduct exceptions
Unless otherwise agreed, neither party is liable for the other’s incidental, consequential, punitive, special or indirect damages, including lost profits or goodwill, except where caused by that party’s intentional or grossly negligent conduct. The limitation applies across legal grounds even if warned of the possible loss, but only as far as applicable law permits and without waiving protected consumer rights.
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8.4 Unless otherwise agreed, either DeepSeek or you shall not be liable for the other’s incidental, consequential, punitive, special, or indirect losses or damages, including but not limited to the loss of profits or goodwill, unless such losses or damages result from its own intentional or gross negligent conduct. This limitation applies irrespective of any litigation brought under breach, tort, compensation, or any other legal grounds, even if the party was informed of the possibility of such losses. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SERVICE THAT GAVE RISE TO THE CLAIM DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE LIABILITY AROSE OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY ONLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
DeepSeek’s aggregate liability has a payment-based cap
DeepSeek caps its aggregate liability under the Terms at the greater of $100 or the amount you paid for the service giving rise to the claim in the 12 months before liability arose. The cap applies only to the maximum extent allowed by law, and non-waivable consumer rights remain protected. The preceding intentional/gross-negligence exception expressly concerns excluded damages; this wording does not expressly repeat it for the aggregate cap.
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8.4 Unless otherwise agreed, either DeepSeek or you shall not be liable for the other’s incidental, consequential, punitive, special, or indirect losses or damages, including but not limited to the loss of profits or goodwill, unless such losses or damages result from its own intentional or gross negligent conduct. This limitation applies irrespective of any litigation brought under breach, tort, compensation, or any other legal grounds, even if the party was informed of the possibility of such losses. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SERVICE THAT GAVE RISE TO THE CLAIM DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE LIABILITY AROSE OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY ONLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Certain third-party liabilities require your defense and indemnity
To the extent law permits, you must indemnify, defend and hold harmless DeepSeek, affiliates, employees and any licensors for third-party liabilities, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from your or an account user’s breach of the Terms, your legal or rights violations, fraud or other illegal acts, or intentional misconduct or gross negligence. Non-waivable consumer rights remain preserved; Section 8.2 separately apportions its compensation liability by fault if DeepSeek is also at fault.
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8.5 You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us, our affiliates, employees and licensors (if any) harmless against any liabilities, damages, and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) payable to a third party arising out of a breach by you or any user of your account of these Terms, your violation of all applicable laws and regulations or third party rights, your fraud or other illegal acts, or your intentional misconduct or gross negligence, to the extent permitted by the applicable law.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
8.2 In response to your violation of these Terms or other service terms, or your use of our Services could cause risk or harm to DeepSeek, our users, or anyone else, DeepSeek reserves the right to independently judge and take measures against you, including but not limited to, issuing warnings, setting deadlines for correction, restricting account functions, suspending usage, closing accounts, prohibiting re-registration, deleting relevant content, etc.. For behaviors suspected of violating laws and regulations or involving illegal activities, relevant records will be retained, and reports will be made to the competent authorities in accordance with the law, cooperating with their investigations. You shall be responsible for any legal liabilities, claims, demands, or losses asserted by third parties resulting therefrom, and you shall compensate us for any losses incurred, including but not limited to litigation fees, arbitration fees, attorney fees, notary fees, announcement fees, appraisal fees, travel expenses, investigation and evidence collection fees, compensation, liquidated damages, settlement costs, and administrative fines incurred in protecting our rights. However, if we are also at fault, liability shall be apportioned between you and Deepseek based on the degree of fault, as determined under applicable laws and regulations.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Related parties benefit from the liability section
DeepSeek’s affiliates, suppliers, licensors and employees are intended third-party beneficiaries of this section. Its protection of non-waivable consumer rights still applies.
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8.6 DeepSeek’s affiliates, suppliers, licensors, and employees are intended third party beneficiaries of this section.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Export and sanctions compliance covers your end users too
You are solely responsible for applicable export-control and sanctions compliance for your and your end users’ access and use, including Inputs and Outputs. Services may not be used in or for the benefit of, or transferred to or within, comprehensively sanctioned countries or restricted parties where applicable laws prohibit use. Prohibited end uses are barred, and your and end users’ Inputs must not contain material requiring an export or release license. The clause does not identify a fixed list of jurisdictions or parties.
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You understand that your use of Services, providing Inputs to and obtaining Outputs via Services, might be subject to all applicable laws and regulations of export controls and sanctions laws (collectively "Export Control and Sanctions Laws") . You recognize that you are solely responsible for complying with all applicable Export Control and Sanctions Laws related to the access and use of the Services of you and your end user. You represent and warrant that Services may not be used in or for the benefit of, or exported, re-exported, or transferred (a) to or within any country subject to comprehensive sanctions under Export Control and Sanctions Laws; (b) to any party on any restricted party lists under any applicable Export Control and Sanctions Laws that would prohibit your use of Services. Our Services shall not be used for any end use prohibited by applicable Export Control and Sanctions Laws, and your and your end user's Inputs shall not include material or information that requires a license for release or export.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
The Terms select mainland Chinese law
The Terms say their formation, performance, interpretation and dispute resolution are governed by the laws of mainland People’s Republic of China. The agreement also preserves statutory consumer rights that cannot be waived; this is a description of the clause, not a conclusion about its enforceability for a particular user.
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10.1 The establishment, execution, interpretation, and resolution of disputes under these Terms shall be governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China in the mainland.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Either party may sue at DeepSeek’s registered-office jurisdiction
Parties may try amicable negotiation for disputes about signing, performance or interpretation. Either may also sue in a court with jurisdiction over Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.’s registered-office location. The clause does not make negotiation a stated prerequisite or specify arbitration, and non-waivable consumer rights remain preserved.
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10.2 In the event of a dispute arising from the signing, performance, or interpretation of these Terms, the parties can make efforts to resolve it amicably through negotiation. Also either party has the right to file a lawsuit with a court having jurisdiction over the location of the registered office of Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Announced revisions replace the Terms
DeepSeek may revise the Terms for service improvements or changes in law, policy, technology, product functions and other requirements. Once announced, the revised text replaces the original; the clause directs users to the latest website version. If you do not accept revisions, stop using the service immediately; continued use counts as acceptance. Separately, Section 1.3 promises prompt notice of service changes that may greatly affect rights; that provision addresses service changes rather than specifying a separate notice period for every Terms revision.
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11.1 In order to provide you with better services or to comply with changes in national laws, regulations, policy adjustments, technical conditions, product functionalities, and other requirements, we may revise these Terms from time to time. The revised content will form an integral part of these Terms. Once announced, it replaces the original terms. Please refer to the latest version of these Terms on the official website. If you do not accept the modified terms, please stop using the Service immediately. Your continued usage of the Service will be considered as your acceptance of the modified terms.
1.3 As generative artificial intelligence technology, models, and products continue to evolve, along with changes in laws and regulations, we may add, upgrade, modify, suspend, or terminate services, or make necessary adjustments to the technology, methods, and performance of the services, and may conduct internal or external testing for new service features. If such changes may greatly affect your rights, we will promptly notify you through in-site notifications, website announcements, or via email.
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qualifies (model-proposed): Clicking agreement accepts the incorporated terms — qualifies: Initial click/checkbox agreement is supplemented by the later rule treating continued use after announced Terms revisions as acceptance.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Contact DeepSeek through the product or by email
For legal or Terms violations, comments or suggestions, Section 11.2 lists the logged-in product’s Contact us button and service@deepseek.com. The complaints provision also covers suspected IP or other rights infringement and false information; feedback may be used without restriction or payment.
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11.2 If you notice any violation of laws and regulations or breach of these Terms or you have any opinions or suggestions regarding these Terms or the Services, you can contact us through the following methods:
Online Complaints and Feedback Portal: Click the "Contact us" button on the product interface after logging in.
service@deepseek.com
If you believe that our service infringes on your intellectual property rights or other rights, or if you find any illegal, false information or behaviors that violate these Terms, or if you have any comments and suggestions about our services, you can submit them by going to the product interface, checking the avatar, and clicking the "Contact Us" button, or by providing truthful feedback to us through our publicly listed contact email as provided in Section 11. We take your opinions seriously and will take legal actions accordingly. We appreciate your feedback, and you agree that we may use it without restriction or compensation to you.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
This copy states a March 27, 2026 update
The text labels March 27, 2026 as its last update. This identifies the saved version; it does not establish that no later version exists.
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Last Update: March 27, 2026
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Specific feature terms take priority
Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd. operates the services. These Terms incorporate related platform terms, policies and guidelines and any separate feature terms or business rules. If specific feature terms conflict with these Terms, the specific terms prevail. Those other texts are not supplied here, so their detailed obligations are outside this analysis.
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DeepSeek products and services are owned and operated by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "DeepSeek" or "we"). Before using the Services, please make sure to carefully read and understand this "DeepSeek Terms of Use" (hereinafter referred to as "these Terms") as well as other related terms, policies, or guidelines of this platform. When you use a specific function of the Services, there may be separate terms, related business rules, etc. ("Specific Terms") for that specific function. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and the Specific Terms, the provisions of the Specific Terms shall prevail. All the aforementioned terms and rules form an integral part of these Terms (collectively referred to as "All Terms"), and have the same legal effect as the main text of these Terms.
Use & Processing · Context
Privacy and model details are in separate documents
DeepSeek directs users to its Privacy Policy for personal-information collection, protection and use, and to its model-mechanism document for training and model details. These links do not supply those documents’ contents in this agreement.
The linked Privacy Policy and model-mechanism document are not supplied here; their detailed practices and rules cannot be determined from these links.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Clicking agreement accepts the incorporated terms
Agreeing through a page click or checkbox accepts All Terms and their conditions. If you disagree or cannot understand DeepSeek’s interpretation, the text tells you to decline or stop using the service. Users under 18 or their country’s minimum age must read with a guardian; the account section also requires guardian consent to use the service.
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We especially remind you to carefully read (minors under the age of 18 or the minimum age required in your country shall read with their legal guardian) and fully understand all the terms before using the Services. When you agree to these Terms through online page clicks, or checking boxes, it means you and we have reached an agreement on All Terms, you have accepted All Terms and their applicable conditions, and agree to be bound by All Terms. If you disagree with any part of these Terms, or cannot accurately understand our interpretation of any term, please click disagree or stop using our services.
2.1 The Services are primarily intended for adults. If you are under 18 years old or the minimum age required in your country, please read these Terms with your legal guardian and use the Services only with the consent of your legal guardian. DeepSeek fully understands the importance of protecting minors and will take corresponding protective measures in accordance with legal requirements and industry mainstream practices.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Services include websites, apps and technical interfaces
The agreement defines Services broadly to include websites, applications, SDKs for third-party sites and apps, APIs and future technological forms. This assignment concerns consumer use; the broad definition does not supply separate API or enterprise contract terms.
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1.1 DeepSeek's products and services include those provided to you through websites, applications (which may include different versions), software development kits (SDKs) for third-party websites and applications, application programming interfaces (APIs), and innovative forms that emerge with technological development. These encompass platforms with generative artificial intelligence services at their core, among other functionalities (hereinafter referred to as "the Services").
Use & Processing · Company practice
Inputs produce model-generated Outputs
Inputs include text, images, files and other information. DeepSeek describes its models as computing and inferring responses, including text, tables and code; users can give feedback such as likes and dislikes. Outputs can contain errors, are for reference only and are not professional advice or DeepSeek’s views. Users remain responsible for decisions and consequences based on them.
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1.2 The generative AI products and services provided by DeepSeek are based on large language models, which are built using neural network, developed through stages of large-scale self-supervised pre-training and targeted optimization training. These models can predict the next token by encoding and computing the input information (including text, images, files, and more), thereby possessing text generation and conversational abilities. They are adept at performing a wide range of text generation tasks and can be integrated into various downstream systems or applications. Specifically, within DeepSeek's product services, these models, based on user input information (referred to as "Inputs"), compute and infer to output corresponding content as a response (referred to as "Outputs" ), including text, tables, and code. Users can evaluate the output, including actions like liking or disliking, to provide feedback on their opinions about DeepSeek's output information.
5.1 Any and all Outputs provided by this Service are generated by the foundation model and shall not constitute DeepSeek's legal declaration of intent, nor shall the Outputs represent DeepSeek's views or opinions in any event. If any Output references any third-party products or services, this does not mean that DeepSeek endorses that Output. The Outputs may contain errors or omissions and are for your reference only. You should NOT treat any Outputs as professional advice. In particular, when using this Service to consult on medical, legal, financial, and other professional issues, please note that the Output does not constitute any advice or commitment, nor does it represent opinions in any professional field. If you require related professional services, you should consult professionals and make decisions under their guidance. The Output of our Services shall not form the basis for your further actions or omissions. You are solely and independently responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on any Outputs, as well as for any consequences that follow.
Account & Service Control · Permission or license
DeepSeek may change or end services
As technology and laws evolve, DeepSeek may add, upgrade, change, suspend or terminate services, adjust their technology or performance, and test features internally or externally. If changes may greatly affect your rights, it promises prompt notice through in-site messages, website announcements or email.
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1.3 As generative artificial intelligence technology, models, and products continue to evolve, along with changes in laws and regulations, we may add, upgrade, modify, suspend, or terminate services, or make necessary adjustments to the technology, methods, and performance of the services, and may conduct internal or external testing for new service features. If such changes may greatly affect your rights, we will promptly notify you through in-site notifications, website announcements, or via email.
DeepSeek says it will take necessary measures, at least meeting industry practices, for cybersecurity and stable operation and will try to improve technology and user experience. This is a commitment to measures, alongside Section 8.3’s disclaimer of a warranty of secure, uninterrupted or error-free service. Non-waivable consumer rights remain protected. Its Section 11 contact reference is supported by the supplied Section 11.2 contact provision and logged-in Contact us route.
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1.4 DeepSeek will take necessary measures (not less than industry practices) to ensure the cyber security and stable operation of the Services. We will also make efforts to enhance and improve technology to ensure a better user experience. If you have any questions or feedback about our services, you can contact us through the method described in Section 11.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
8.3 THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND WE MAKE NO WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR CONDITION TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THEM, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED TERMS AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE OR CONFORMANCE WITH DESCRIPTION. IN PARTICULAR, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU:
(2) THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY PART THEREOF WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR;
11.2 If you notice any violation of laws and regulations or breach of these Terms or you have any opinions or suggestions regarding these Terms or the Services, you can contact us through the following methods:
Online Complaints and Feedback Portal: Click the "Contact us" button on the product interface after logging in.
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contrast (model-proposed): Services are supplied as is, subject to statutory rights — contrast: The commitment to industry-level security measures sits alongside a disclaimer of guaranteed secure or uninterrupted operation. A measures commitment is not an assurance of results; non-waivable consumer rights remain protected.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Availability and features vary by jurisdiction
DeepSeek does not warrant that services are or will remain available in particular jurisdictions, and features may differ between jurisdictions. The Terms preserve statutory consumer rights that cannot be changed or waived by contract.
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1.5 We make no warranty that the Services are available or will continue to be available in certain jurisdictions. The functions or features of the Services may also vary in different jurisdictions.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
Anyone with a conversation link can view it
You may generate a unique URL sharing your Inputs and Outputs, together called Dialogues. Anyone with the link can view them. If published publicly, third parties may collect them using crawlers; DeepSeek’s robots-exclusion measures cannot eliminate that risk. DeepSeek recommends avoiding personal or sensitive information, obtaining explicit consent before sharing someone else’s personal information, and checking public conversations for content you do not want third parties to access.
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1.6 Users may also share the Inputs and Outputs information (together referred to as "Dialogues") by generating a unique URL. Anyone who has access to a shared link can view the linked Dialogues. When using such feature, any Dialogues you share with others, if subsequently published on public networks, may be at risk of being obtained by third parties through technical means such as web crawlers. We have implemented industry-standard anti-crawling mechanisms (the robots exclusion protocol) to prevent third parties from scraping user-publicly shared content. However, due to the technical limitations commonly existing within the industry, such risks cannot be entirely eliminated. Therefore, we recommend that you take the following precautions when using this feature: (1) avoid sharing your own or others' personal information, especially sensitive personal data; (2) before sharing other individual's personal information, please ensure you have obtained their explicit consent; (3) before publicly publishing any relevant conversation to an open network, carefully review the content to identify any information you would not wish third parties to access.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You must have rights to submit and process Inputs
You are responsible for submitted Inputs and corresponding Outputs. Submitting Inputs warrants that you have the rights, licenses and permissions needed for DeepSeek to process them under the Terms and that the submission and corresponding Outputs comply with the Terms and applicable law. Export rules also forbid you and your end users from submitting material requiring a release or export license.
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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. You also represent and warrant that your submitting Inputs to us and corresponding Outputs will not violate our Terms, or any laws or regulations applicable to those Inputs and Outputs.
You understand that your use of Services, providing Inputs to and obtaining Outputs via Services, might be subject to all applicable laws and regulations of export controls and sanctions laws (collectively "Export Control and Sanctions Laws") . You recognize that you are solely responsible for complying with all applicable Export Control and Sanctions Laws related to the access and use of the Services of you and your end user. You represent and warrant that Services may not be used in or for the benefit of, or exported, re-exported, or transferred (a) to or within any country subject to comprehensive sanctions under Export Control and Sanctions Laws; (b) to any party on any restricted party lists under any applicable Export Control and Sanctions Laws that would prohibit your use of Services. Our Services shall not be used for any end use prohibited by applicable Export Control and Sanctions Laws, and your and your end user's Inputs shall not include material or information that requires a license for release or export.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
You keep Input rights and receive any Output rights DeepSeek has
Subject to law and the Terms, you retain any rights you have in your Inputs, and DeepSeek assigns any rights it has in your Outputs. “If any” means the clause does not promise that such rights exist. Outputs may be similar to other users’ Outputs, and the assignment does not cover their Outputs.
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4.2 Subject to applicable law and our Terms, you have the following rights regarding the Inputs and Outputs of the Services: (1) You retain any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Inputs you submit; (2) We assign any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Outputs of the Services to you. Due to the nature of our Services and artificial intelligence generally, Outputs may not be unique and other users may receive similar Outputs from our Services. Our assignment above does not extend to other users’ Outputs. (3) You may apply the Inputs and Outputs of the Services to a wide range of use cases, including personal use, academic research, derivative product development, training other models (such as model distillation), etc., as long as such usage is legal and adhere to these Terms.
The Terms permit lawful uses of Inputs and Outputs including personal use, research, derivative products and training other models such as by distillation. Use must still comply with the Terms. Publishing Outputs requires accuracy checks, AI labeling and compliant content. The separate restrictions on reverse engineering, scraping service content and transferring or reselling the service remain; the reuse permission does not expressly remove them.
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4.2 Subject to applicable law and our Terms, you have the following rights regarding the Inputs and Outputs of the Services: (1) You retain any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Inputs you submit; (2) We assign any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Outputs of the Services to you. Due to the nature of our Services and artificial intelligence generally, Outputs may not be unique and other users may receive similar Outputs from our Services. Our assignment above does not extend to other users’ Outputs. (3) You may apply the Inputs and Outputs of the Services to a wide range of use cases, including personal use, academic research, derivative product development, training other models (such as model distillation), etc., as long as such usage is legal and adhere to these Terms.
3.1 You fully understand and agree that, under these Terms, 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 DeepSeek. Additionally, DeepSeek's failure to exercise any of these rights does not constitute a waiver of those rights. If you publish or disseminate outputs generated by the Services, you must: (1) proactively verify the authenticity and accuracy of the output content to avoid spreading false information; (2) clearly indicate that the output content is generated by artificial intelligence, to alert the public to the synthetic nature of the content; (3) avoid publishing and disseminating any output content that violates the usage specifications of these Terms.
(3) Engage in activities to steal network data, such as: reverse engineering, reverse assembly, reverse compilation, translation, or attempting to discover the source code, models, algorithms, and system source code or underlying components of the software in any way; capturing, copying any content of the Services, including but not limited to using any robots, spiders, or other automatic setups, setting mirrors.
(4) Without DeepSeek's authorization, copying, transferring, leasing, lending, selling, or sub-licensing the entire or part of the Services.
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contrast (model-proposed): Reverse engineering and service scraping are restricted — contrast: Lawful Input/Output reuse expressly includes training other models, while reverse engineering and service scraping are restricted. The text distinguishes reuse of Inputs/Outputs from extraction of the service and does not expressly waive the latter restrictions.
Use & Processing · User right or choice
You can opt out of the stated Input and Output reuse
DeepSeek may use Inputs and Outputs to a minimal extent to provide, maintain, operate, develop or improve the services or supporting technologies, on the stated conditions of secure encryption, strict de-identification and processing that cannot be reversed to identify specific people. You can opt out of this described processing by turning off “Improve the model for everyone.” This clause does not by itself describe all processing under the separate Privacy Policy.
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4.3 Under the premise of secure encryption technology processing, strict de-identification rendering, and irreversibility to identify specific individuals, we may, to a minimal extent, use Inputs and Outputs to provide, maintain, operate, develop or improve the Services or the underlying technologies supporting the Services. If you refuse to allow us to process the data in the manner described above, you can opt out by turning off "Improve the model for everyone".
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Third-party material and links come with disclaimers
Outputs may include external information and informational links. DeepSeek disclaims responsibility for their validity and does not guarantee authenticity, legality or security of third-party content, products, services or materials. It disclaims liability for linked content, services and practices, subject to the agreement’s preservation of non-waivable consumer rights. You decide whether to follow links and must assess third-party terms, protect data and secure property.
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4.4 The Output may include information from third-party websites or other external sources. We are not responsible for the validity of such content, nor do we guarantee the authenticity, legality, or security of any content, products, services, or other materials obtained through these channels. We may provide links to third-party websites in the Outputs for informational purposes only and disclaim all liability for their content, services, or practices. Your use of any such link is undertaken at your sole discretion and risk. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to evaluate the third party's terms, protect your data, and secure your property when engaging with these external resources.
8.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Outputs are not professional advice or DeepSeek’s position
Outputs are model-generated, may contain errors or omissions, and are for reference only. They are not DeepSeek’s legal declarations, views, professional advice or commitments; mentioning third-party products does not imply endorsement. The Terms say Outputs must not form the basis of actions or omissions and direct you to professionals for professional services. You bear responsibility for decisions, actions and consequences based on Outputs.
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5.1 Any and all Outputs provided by this Service are generated by the foundation model and shall not constitute DeepSeek's legal declaration of intent, nor shall the Outputs represent DeepSeek's views or opinions in any event. If any Output references any third-party products or services, this does not mean that DeepSeek endorses that Output. The Outputs may contain errors or omissions and are for your reference only. You should NOT treat any Outputs as professional advice. In particular, when using this Service to consult on medical, legal, financial, and other professional issues, please note that the Output does not constitute any advice or commitment, nor does it represent opinions in any professional field. If you require related professional services, you should consult professionals and make decisions under their guidance. The Output of our Services shall not form the basis for your further actions or omissions. You are solely and independently responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on any Outputs, as well as for any consequences that follow.
Use & Processing · Context
Search may help accuracy but does not guarantee it
Turning on Search may improve accuracy to some extent. DeepSeek says AI inaccuracies cannot be completely avoided given current technology, so the feature does not remove the need to use the service rationally under the Terms.
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5.2 When you enable the "Search" function, the accuracy of the Outputs may be improved to some extent. However, limited by current technical capabilities, inaccuracy in AI-generated content is a common industry-wide issue and cannot be entirely avoided. Therefore, please use our Services rationally in accordance with these Terms.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Keep AI labels intact
DeepSeek says it adds AI-generated labels to reduce confusion and harm from inaccuracies. You must not delete, change, forge, hide or circumvent them, or produce or distribute false or infringing information or conduct illegal or non-compliant activities through the service.
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5.3 To prevent confusion while reducing the potential impact of inaccurate generated information, DeepSeek has added labels within the platform to explicitly remind users that such content is AI generated. You shall not delete, alter, forge, conceal, or attempt to circumvent such labels, nor use this Service to produce or disseminate false information, infringing information, or engage in any illegal or non-compliant activities.
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qualifies (model-proposed): Verify and label outputs before publishing — qualifies: The duty to label published AI outputs is accompanied by a prohibition on removing or circumventing the platform’s existing labels.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Consequential uses require human review
If you use Outputs for purposes that could legally or materially affect people, including credit, education, employment, housing, insurance, legal or medical decisions, they must undergo human review. You retain sole responsibility for the corresponding liabilities. This requirement does not remove Section 5.1’s separate warning that Outputs are not professional advice and must not form the basis of actions or omissions.
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5.4 Given that the Outputs may contain incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate content, if you use the Outputs for any purpose that could have a legal or material impact on natural persons, such as making credit, educational, employment, housing, insurance, legal, medical, or other important decisions about them, such Outputs shall undergo human reviews; and you shall be solely and independently liable for the corresponding liabilities.
5.1 Any and all Outputs provided by this Service are generated by the foundation model and shall not constitute DeepSeek's legal declaration of intent, nor shall the Outputs represent DeepSeek's views or opinions in any event. If any Output references any third-party products or services, this does not mean that DeepSeek endorses that Output. The Outputs may contain errors or omissions and are for your reference only. You should NOT treat any Outputs as professional advice. In particular, when using this Service to consult on medical, legal, financial, and other professional issues, please note that the Output does not constitute any advice or commitment, nor does it represent opinions in any professional field. If you require related professional services, you should consult professionals and make decisions under their guidance. The Output of our Services shall not form the basis for your further actions or omissions. You are solely and independently responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on any Outputs, as well as for any consequences that follow.
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contrast (model-proposed): Outputs are not professional advice or DeepSeek’s position — contrast: Consequential uses require human review, while the general output clause warns against treating Outputs as advice or a basis for actions. Human review is a stated requirement, not an express override of the broader reliance warning.
Use & Processing · Context
A separate document explains training and generation
DeepSeek links its Model Principles and Training Methods Explanation as a resource about training and content generation and guarding against misuse risks. The linked text is not supplied here, so this card does not describe its specific methods.
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5.5 We have published the "Model Principles and Training Methods Explanation" to clarify the foundation model's training process and content generation mechanisms, helping you understand AI technology and guard against various risks that may arise from misuse or improper use.
Not stated here
The linked model explanation is not supplied; its specific training methods and mechanisms cannot be established here.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
DeepSeek reserves service IP, with Input and Output exceptions
DeepSeek claims legally permitted rights in its service, including software, technology, code, model weights and parameters, interfaces, text, graphics and trademarks. It excludes rights held by others under law or the agreement, including Input and Output rights. Section 4.2 preserves any Input rights you hold and assigns any DeepSeek Output rights to you, without covering other users’ Outputs or promising uniqueness.
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6.1 DeepSeek is the developer and operator of this service and holds all rights within the scope permitted by laws and regulations in this service (including but not limited to software, technology, programs, code, model weights and parameters, user interfaces, web pages, text, graphics, layout designs, trademarks, electronic documents, etc.), including but not limited to copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights, and other intellectual property rights. However, this excludes rights that relevant rights holders are entitled to under legal provisions or the terms of this agreement (such as Inputs and Outputs).
4.2 Subject to applicable law and our Terms, you have the following rights regarding the Inputs and Outputs of the Services: (1) You retain any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Inputs you submit; (2) We assign any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Outputs of the Services to you. Due to the nature of our Services and artificial intelligence generally, Outputs may not be unique and other users may receive similar Outputs from our Services. Our assignment above does not extend to other users’ Outputs. (3) You may apply the Inputs and Outputs of the Services to a wide range of use cases, including personal use, academic research, derivative product development, training other models (such as model distillation), etc., as long as such usage is legal and adhere to these Terms.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Brand use requires permission
You and your end users may not use DeepSeek-related trademarks, names, domains, logos, URLs or other prominent brand features without permission, whether alone or combined. The clause also bars displaying, using or applying to register related identifiers or suggesting an entitlement to deal with them, except as permitted by relevant law and licensed by DeepSeek.
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6.2 Without our permission, you or your end users shall not use any trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, website names, company logos (LOGOs), URLs, or other prominent brand features related to the Services, including but not limited to "DeepSeek," etc., in any way, either singly or in combination. You are not allowed to display, use, or apply for registration of trademarks, domain names, etc., related to the aforementioned terms in any way, and you shall not perform acts that expressly or implicitly indicate the right to display, use, or otherwise deal with these identifiers to others except as permitted by the relevant law and licensed by DeepSeek.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Use Contact Us to report issues or give feedback
You can report suspected infringement of IP or other rights, illegal or false information, violations, and service comments through the product avatar’s Contact Us button or the publicly listed email. The reference to Section 11 is supported by Section 11.2: after logging in, use Contact us or email service@deepseek.com. DeepSeek says it takes opinions seriously and will take legal action accordingly; the clause does not promise a particular remedy or response deadline.
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If you believe that our service infringes on your intellectual property rights or other rights, or if you find any illegal, false information or behaviors that violate these Terms, or if you have any comments and suggestions about our services, you can submit them by going to the product interface, checking the avatar, and clicking the "Contact Us" button, or by providing truthful feedback to us through our publicly listed contact email as provided in Section 11. We take your opinions seriously and will take legal actions accordingly. We appreciate your feedback, and you agree that we may use it without restriction or compensation to you.
11.2 If you notice any violation of laws and regulations or breach of these Terms or you have any opinions or suggestions regarding these Terms or the Services, you can contact us through the following methods:
Online Complaints and Feedback Portal: Click the "Contact us" button on the product interface after logging in.
service@deepseek.com
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
DeepSeek may use feedback without paying you
By giving feedback, you agree that DeepSeek may use it without restriction or compensation. This concerns feedback, distinct from Section 4.3’s permission to use Inputs and Outputs to a minimal extent for service operation or improvement under encryption and irreversible de-identification conditions, with an opt-out through “Improve the model for everyone.” The text does not state how the two permissions interact when the same content is both feedback and an Input or Output.
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If you believe that our service infringes on your intellectual property rights or other rights, or if you find any illegal, false information or behaviors that violate these Terms, or if you have any comments and suggestions about our services, you can submit them by going to the product interface, checking the avatar, and clicking the "Contact Us" button, or by providing truthful feedback to us through our publicly listed contact email as provided in Section 11. We take your opinions seriously and will take legal actions accordingly. We appreciate your feedback, and you agree that we may use it without restriction or compensation to you.
4.3 Under the premise of secure encryption technology processing, strict de-identification rendering, and irreversibility to identify specific individuals, we may, to a minimal extent, use Inputs and Outputs to provide, maintain, operate, develop or improve the Services or the underlying technologies supporting the Services. If you refuse to allow us to process the data in the manner described above, you can opt out by turning off "Improve the model for everyone".
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contrast (model-proposed): You can opt out of the stated Input and Output reuse — contrast: Feedback can be used without restriction or compensation; the described Input/Output processing has de-identification conditions and an opt-out. The Terms distinguish these purposes but do not specify their interaction when the same material serves both roles.