V7 Ltd is committed to the use of artificial intelligence in areas of meaningful and positive impact. We understand that this resource may also be effectively used to cause harm, and that its ultimate application reflects itself onto V7 as a supplier of said resource. It is important for us, both strategically and ethically, to make known the ares where we believe our products may be used against the principles that inspired the founding of this company.
With limited access to knowing of what customers may use V7's AI resources for, we hereby list a number of application areas where further vetting may be requested before the sale of our products and services can be completed:
Prospective customers who explicitly indicate or are suspected of lawfully operating within the use cases above may need to supply V7 with additional written information on the intended use of our AI resources. V7 reserves the right, to its discretion, to refuse a sale of our products or services should a prospective customer's reported intended use case fall within these areas without a justified scientific, regulated, investigative, or ethically constructed goal.
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