CMI–NYU AI for Peace

1. Acceptance

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the AI for Peace platform at aiforpeacecourse.org (the "Platform"), operated jointly by CMI and New York University (NYU) ("we", "us"). By creating an account or using the Platform, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Platform.

2. Eligibility and accounts

• You must be at least 18 years old, or have the involvement of a parent or guardian where required by local law.
• You are responsible for the accuracy of your registration details, for keeping your password confidential, and for all activity under your account.
• Please notify us promptly of any unauthorised use of your account.
• One person, one account. Do not impersonate others or misrepresent your affiliation.

3. Acceptable use

When using the Platform, including its AI-assisted activities, forums, and messaging, you agree not to:

• break any applicable law, or infringe the rights of others;
• upload or post unlawful, harassing, hateful, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable content;
• submit malicious code, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to, disrupt, overload, scrape, or reverse-engineer the Platform;
• attempt to identify other learners from their contributions, or misuse other people's personal data;
• use the AI activities to generate harmful content, or to enter sensitive personal data or other people's personal data;
• use the Platform for commercial solicitation or spam.

We may remove content, and suspend or terminate accounts, that breach these Terms.

4. Course content and intellectual property

All Course materials — including text, video, graphics, logos, structure, and software — are owned by or licensed to CMI and/or NYU and are protected by intellectual property laws. They are provided to you for personal, non-commercial educational use only. You may not copy, redistribute, publish, or create derivative works from Course materials except as expressly permitted or as allowed by law. The CMI and NYU names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners and may not be used without permission.

5. Your contributions

• You retain ownership of the original content you submit, such as your answers, reflections, and forum posts ("Your Content").
• You grant CMI and NYU a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, display, and process Your Content solely to operate and improve the Course and to provide the services you request, including sending it to our AI provider to generate feedback as described in the Privacy Policy.
• You are responsible for Your Content and confirm that you have the right to submit it.

6. AI-assisted activities

The Platform uses AI to provide feedback and support learning. AI-generated output may be inaccurate or incomplete and is not professional advice. Please use your judgement and do not rely on it as a sole source of truth. Details of how AI activity data is processed are set out in the Privacy Policy.

7. Availability and changes

We aim to keep the Platform available but do not guarantee uninterrupted access. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Course, and may update these Terms; material changes will be notified through the Platform.

8. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Platform and Course content are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

9. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, and except for liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law (such as liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud), CMI and NYU will not be liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of data, or loss of profits arising from your use of the Platform.

10. Termination

You may close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these Terms or where required by law. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will continue to apply.

11. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the applicable law of the joint controllers, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer-protection rights available to you in your country of residence. Nothing in these Terms limits your statutory rights, including, for learners in the EU, the right to bring proceedings in your local courts and to complain to your local data protection authority.

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms: cmi.helsinki@cmi.fi (CMI) or digital-privacy-group@nyu.edu (NYU).