Acceptable Use Policy

Introduction

This Acceptable Use Policy explains how PaperFig may be used for prompts, uploads, generated images, figure editing, exports, and related scientific communication workflows. It applies in addition to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

PaperFig is intended for lawful research, education, presentation, publication, and academic figure workflows. You are responsible for the content you submit and for reviewing every AI-generated output before using it.

Allowed Use

You may use PaperFig to create and refine biomedical mechanism figures, pathway diagrams, graphical abstracts, labels, and related research visuals when you have the rights and permissions needed to process the materials.

You may submit prompts, images, PDFs, sketches, reference materials, labels, and editing instructions only when the materials can lawfully be processed by PaperFig and by the third-party services used to provide the product.

Prohibited Generation

You may not request, upload, generate, edit, enhance, export, distribute, or attempt to create any of the following:

1. Sexual or NSFW content: adult, pornographic, sexually explicit, or sexually suggestive content.
2. Violent or graphic content: violence, graphic-gore, or content that glorifies, facilitates, or threatens physical harm.
3. Hateful or harassing content: content that attacks, dehumanizes, or incites hatred or harassment against a person or protected group.
4. Child-unsafe content: any sexual, exploitative, abusive, or otherwise unsafe content involving a minor, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
5. Deceptive identity content: deepfakes, face swaps, face manipulation, or impersonation of another person without their consent.
6. Intellectual-property infringement: content that infringes or is intended to infringe another party's copyright, trademark, or other intellectual-property rights. This includes requests to reproduce protected characters, brands, logos, or copyrighted works without the necessary rights or permission.

You may not use PaperFig to create misleading scientific evidence, evade safety checks, bypass credit or payment controls, distribute malware, violate another party's rights, or process materials that you are not authorized to use.

Sensitive Materials

Do not upload patient privacy data, PHI, health identifiers, sensitive personal information, human-subject data, confidential research, unpublished materials that cannot be shared with AI services, trade secrets, proprietary datasets, grant-review materials, or third-party copyrighted content without permission.

AI and Safety Checks

PaperFig currently processes prompts, uploads, and generated outputs with third-party services, including an Evolink-compatible API gateway and the Creem Moderation API. Depending on the feature and availability, PaperFig's current documented model configuration includes gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview, gemini-3-pro-image-preview, and evolink/auto. These model names and providers may change when PaperFig updates its product configuration.

Automated and manual safety checks are not perfect. Passing a safety check does not mean an output is scientifically accurate, legally cleared, or approved for publication. You remain responsible for reviewing, verifying, correcting, and approving all generated figures and labels.

Content Review, Reporting, and Enforcement

PaperFig uses automated safety safeguards before and during processing to screen for suspected policy violations. If a report or safety flag needs additional context, PaperFig may conduct a manual review. You can report suspected policy violations, including prohibited content, intellectual-property infringement, or child-safety concerns, by emailing [email protected] with the relevant link, screenshot, or other details that can help us investigate.

When use appears to violate this policy, PaperFig may block a prompt, refuse generation, limit exports, suspend access, remove content, or contact support. These measures may be applied after automated screening, a report review, or another safety review, consistent with this policy, the Terms of Service, law, third-party rights, research ethics, journal policies, or safety requirements.

Public Showcase Disclosure

Free generations are public by default and paid generations are private by default. Before using a public result, review it for confidential research, patient information, personal data, unpublished findings, and third-party rights. The public showcase is limited to a generated result image and a short, de-identified description; original uploads, PDFs, source URLs, full prompts, full research descriptions, chart data, and complete figure specifications are not public showcase fields. Owners can withdraw a result from future curation through History.

Contact

For acceptable-use, safety, privacy, payment, subscription, refund, cancellation, or credit questions, contact [email protected].