The following terms apply to Generative AI Preview Products:

Definitions. “Generative AI Preview Products” means Generative AI Services that are Pre-GA Offerings. The Service Specific Terms applicable to Generative AI Services, as amended by the Pre-GA Offerings Terms, also apply to Generative AI Preview Products.

Additional Use Restrictions. Unless permitted by Google in writing (including in the Documentation or an Order Form), Customer will ensure that Customer and its End Users will not:

• use a Generative AI Preview Product for commercial or production purposes; or
• disclose Generated Output to a third party.

For Grounding with Google Search. "Grounding with Google Search" is a feature of Vertex AI that provides Grounded Results and Search Entry Points. “Grounded Results” means responses that Google generates using the prompt from the End User, contextual information that Customer provides, and results from Google’s search engine. “Search Entry Point(s)” means search suggestions that Google provides with the Grounded Results, which when clicked on, direct the End User to a Google.com destination page. The destination page is governed by separate terms of service. Grounded Results and Search Entry Points are Generated Output, except that as between Customer and Google, Customer will not assert any ownership rights in any new intellectual property created in the Grounded Results or Search Entry Points.

Additional Use Restrictions for Grounding with Google Search. Customer:

• Will only use Grounding with Google Search in a Customer Application that is owned and operated by the Customer and will only display the Grounded Results with the associated Search Entry Point(s) to the End User who submitted the prompt.
• Will not, and will not allow its End Users or any third party to, store (except as provided below), cache, copy, frame, implement any click tracking, URL tracking or other monitoring of (except as provided below), syndicate, resell, analyze, train on, or otherwise learn from Grounded Results or Search Entry Points.
  • Customer may store the text of the Grounded Results (excluding URLs):
    1. that were displayed by Customer for up to thirty (30) days only to evaluate and optimize the display of the Grounded Results in the Customer Application.
    2. in the chat history of an End User of the Customer Application for up to six (6) months only for the purpose of allowing that End User to view their chat history.
  • Customer may monitor End User interactions with their Customer Application interface, however, Customer will not track whether those interactions were specifically with a given Grounded Result (in whole or in part, including any URL) or a specific Search Entry Point.
• Unless permitted by Google in writing (including in the Documentation or Order Form),
  • will not modify, or intersperse any other content with, the Grounded Results or Search Entry Points; and
  • will not place any interstitial content between any URL or Search Entry Point and the associated destination page, redirect End Users away from destination pages, or minimize, remove, or otherwise inhibit the full and complete display of any destination page.

Logging. Customer permits Google to store and use (in accordance with Google’s privacy policy) the Grounded Results, the prompt from the End User, and contextual information that Customer provides.

Guidelines. The Client Application Guidelines apply to the Customer’s use of Grounding with Google Search. For purposes of the Client Application Guidelines, Customer Applications that are using Grounding with Google Search are considered Approved Applications.

In addition to these terms, the Pre-GA Offerings Terms at https://cloud.google.com/terms/service-terms apply to the Customer’s use of the Generative AI Preview Products, as well as: (i) the terms of the agreement under which Google has agreed to provide access to the Google Cloud Platform to Customer, (ii) in the case of channel customers, the Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service located at https://cloud.google.com/terms, or (iii) in the case of public sector partners, the terms of the agreement under which Google has authorized that public sector partner to distribute or resell access to the Google Cloud Platform.