Terms & Conditions
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Tekbod AI's MSA is built on the principle of "Shared Responsibility for Alignment."
• The "Alignment Taxonomy" Clause: Client acknowledges that Tekbod AI labels data according to the Client’s proprietary 'Constitution' or 'Taxonomy.' Tekbod AI is responsible for the fidelity of the human feedback relative to that taxonomy, but is not responsible for the ethical or safety outcomes of the model resulting from said taxonomy.
• Intellectual Property: The "Dual-Layer" Model:
✓Client Assets: The specific output (the labels/ranks) are Works for Hire and vest in the Client upon payment.
✓Tekbod AI Assets: The "Meta-Data"—including our proprietary consensus algorithms, SME vetting metrics, and internal prompt-engineering workflows—remain the exclusive IP of Tekbod AI.
✓Liability Limitation (The "Non-Deterministic" Clause): Given the non-deterministic nature of Generative AI, Tekbod AI’s liability is capped at the value of the specific Work Order. We expressly disclaim liability for downstream model failures, "jailbreaks," or catastrophic misalignment in production environments.
Tekbod AI Master Service Agreement (MSA):
1. Scope of Alignment Services
The "Living Taxonomy" Protocol: Tekbod AI shall provide high-fidelity human feedback based on the Client’s Alignment Taxonomy (e.g., Constitutional AI principles). Both parties acknowledge that AI alignment is an iterative science; therefore, "Acceptance Criteria" shall be governed by dynamic Inter-Annotator Agreement (IAA) thresholds rather than static "Correct/Incorrect" binaries.
Adversarial Rigor: Where "Red-Teaming" is in scope, Tekbod AI’s liability is strictly limited to the execution of the agreed-upon attack vectors. The absence of a model failure during a Red-Teaming sprint does not constitute a warranty of absolute model safety.
2. Intellectual Property & "The Moat"
Work Product: Upon full satisfaction of payment, the specific Annotated Outputs (the final labels/ranks/SFT pairs) vest exclusively in the Client.
Tekbod AI Retained IP: Tekbod AI retains all rights to its "Annotation Engine"—including proprietary software UIs, worker-selection algorithms, consensus-scoring heuristics, and specialized "Instructional Anthologies" used to train our Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
No-Parasitism Clause: Client agrees not to use Tekbod AI’s proprietary "Reasoning Chains" or "Critique Metadata" to train a competing data-annotation model or automated labeling system without an additional "License for Derivative Automation."
3. Data Integrity & Security (The "Anti-Poisoning" Guarantee)
Chain of Custody: Tekbod AI provides a cryptographically signed Metadata Manifest with every delivery, documenting the vetting level of every human in the loop to prevent "Crowd-Sourced Poisoning" attacks.
The "Air-Gap" Requirement: For sensitive Weights-in-Training, Tekbod AI shall operate within a Client-hosted Secure Enclave. Tekbod AI personnel are prohibited from moving data into local environments.
4. Liability & "Emergent Behavior" Disclaimer
The Non-Deterministic Shield: “AI models are non-deterministic systems. Tekbod AI provides the 'Teaching Material' (Data), but the 'Student' (the Model) may develop emergent behaviors, hallucinations, or biases beyond Tekbod AI’s control. Tekbod AI shall not be liable for any 'Model Misalignment' or catastrophic failure occurring after the integration of the Work Product.”
Indemnification: Tekbod AI indemnifies the Client against claims that our internal labeling processes infringe on third-party IP (e.g., we don't "copy-paste" from copyrighted sources during SFT creation).
5. Personnel & "Expert Bench" Protection
The "Brain Drain" Clause: Client shall not, for the duration of this Agreement and 24 months thereafter, solicit or hire any Tekbod AI Domain-Specific SME (e.g., Ph.D. Researchers, MDs, or Lead Architects) involved in the project. Liquidated damages for breach are set at 3x the individual’s annual billing rate.