Acceptable Use Policy

Academe is built for honest research. This Acceptable Use Policy lists uses that put other users, our infrastructure, or the public at risk, and that are therefore not allowed. Violations may lead to workspace suspension or termination under the Terms of Service.

You may not create, upload, generate, or distribute through Academe any content that:

• Violates intellectual-property rights, including re-uploading paywalled content in bulk.
• Is sexual content involving minors, or any content that sexualizes or exploits minors.
• Is designed to defame a specific individual or make threats of violence against them.
• Is malware, phishing bait, or credential harvesting.
• Deliberately describes the synthesis of biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear weapons, or other mass-casualty tools.
• Is designed to deceive, including forged credentials, fake regulatory filings, or AI-generated academic content passed off as original without required disclosure.

• Probing, scanning, or stress-testing Academe infrastructure without written authorization.
• Attempting to bypass rate limits, tier gates, or usage metering.
• Scraping Academe content or other users' data outside the public API and in excess of published limits.
• Using Academe to send unsolicited commercial email (“spam”).
• Framing Academe's interface inside another product you distribute without a written reseller agreement.
• Impersonating another person, team, or institution.
• Turning off safety filters to produce content that is otherwise prohibited above.

We expect users to follow the ethical norms of their field. At minimum, that means:

• Disclosing AI assistance when a journal, funder, conference, or institution requires it.
• Attributing citations honestly, including AI-generated summaries.
• Not submitting AI-generated content as fully original human writing for a degree, grant, or peer-reviewed publication when that would violate the recipient’s policy.
• Not running Academe against human-subjects data without an IRB (or equivalent) approval.

When we become aware of a violation, we may:

• Ask you to remove the offending content.
• Throttle or pause automated features on your workspace.
• Suspend the account.
• Terminate the account and preserve evidence for legal process.

We may also report violations to the appropriate authorities when the law requires it.

If you believe another Academe user is violating this policy, email hello@academe-ai.com with as much detail as you can share. Reports that include a link, a workspace id, or a verbatim excerpt help us respond faster.