Terms of Use of Yandex Code Assistant

1. Functional Features of the Service

1.1. The Service provides the Customer with an opportunity to implement the function of forming Hints when writing program code in the workspace of an integrated development environment (the "IDE") provided that the Customer installs a special program module (the "Plugin").

For a full description of the functional features of the Service, please refer to the

Instructions for using the Service posted on the Site.

2. Service Rates

2.1. The use of the Service is non chargeable and is included in the cost of other services under the Agreement.

3. Additional terms and conditions of the Service

3.1. In order to ensure the possibility of using the Service, the Customer needs to install the Plugin to the corresponding IDE on the device through which the program code is developed. Plugins are available for download to devices at: https://storage.yandexcloud.net/yandex-code-assistant/plugins/vscode/yandex-code-assist.vsix.

3.2. Unless otherwise provided by a separate agreement between Yandex and the Customer, Yandex shall grant to the Customer free of charge, under an ordinary (non-exclusive) license, the non-transferable right to use the Plugin in accordance with its functional purpose to generate Hints in all countries worldwide during the term of validity of the exclusive rights in the following ways:

3.2.1. use the Plugin for its direct functional purpose, in order to copy and install (reproduce) it on the Customer's personal computer(s). The Customer has the right to install the Plugin on an unlimited number of personal computers;

3.2.2. reproduce the Plugin on the Customer's devices.

3.3. The Service may be used for commercial purposes to develop/create any computer programs, as well as used in any other way in the process of rendering services/performing work by the Customer in the course of its ordinary business.

3.4 Yandex shall not guarantee the generation of Hints in all cases of program code input by the Customer, as well as the accuracy, reliability, correctness of the Hints.

3.5. Yandex shall not be responsible for the content of the Hints. The generation of content is performed in a fully automatic mode; Yandex does not (and does not have the technical ability to) verify the correctness of the Hints and all publicly available information that forms the basis for training the relevant artificial intelligence model.

3.6. The Customer shall independently verify the Hints for accuracy, reliability, relevance, legality before using for its own purposes and/or before its further distribution the final program code obtained by using the Hints.

3.7. The content of the Hints shall not be considered as the result of creative work of Yandex employees.

3.8. The Customer shall assume all risks, including those related to infringement of third party rights, when using the program code containing the Hints.

3.9. The operation of the Service does not imply in each specific case the possibility of accurately identifying the source of information used for the purposes of training the artificial intelligence model on which the operation of the Service is based.

3.10. Hints are created using AI technologies, therefore Hints may not be unique and may coincide in whole or in part with Hints generated for other customers.

3.11. When including Hints in the program code, the Customer shall assume all risks, including those related to infringement of the exclusive rights of third parties.

4. Restrictions on the use of the Service

4.1. When using the Service, it is prohibited to:

4.1.1. use the Service and create products with the help of the Service for the purposes contrary to the requirements of the applicable law, provisions hereof; 4.1.2. disrupt the normal operation of the Service, perform other actions that may lead to functional failures and violate the rights and interests of Yandex and third parties;

4.1.3. to use the program code containing the Hints for unfair purposes, in particular, to mislead third parties and to pass off the program code containing the Hints as the result of human labor, in cases where there is no implied or explicit prohibition on the use of AI technologies;

4.1.3. use logos, means of individualization, interface design, other intellectual property of Yandex and its affiliates, as well as references to Yandex and its affiliates when distributing program code containing Hints without obtaining Yandex's consent, except for cases where special automatic marking is used in the Service (if any);

4.1.4. with the use of the Service and/or Plugin to customize and train generative neural networks, services and tools that are based on AI technologies.

4.1.5. distribute / transfer the Plugin to third parties without prior approval of such transfer by Yandex.

4.1.6. modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt and perform other actions with the object code of the Plugin in order to obtain information about the implementation of algorithms used in the Plugin, as well as to use (allow to use) the Plugin in any other manner, without the written consent of Yandex.

4.2. The Customer shall be solely responsible to third parties for actions related to the use of the Service, Hints as part of the Customer's program code.

4.3. The Customer shall acknowledge and agree that the Service is not intended for the processing of personal data. If personal data or other information protected by law is included in the content of requests, the Customer shall independently ensure the legality of the transfer of such data to Yandex, as well as their further processing, including for the purposes of debugging and training models.

5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

5.1. The Customer shall be entitled to use the Service and Hints in any manner that does not contradict these Terms of Use and applicable law. Any use beyond the scope of the Terms of Use is possible only with the prior approval of Yandex.

5.2. The Customer shall agree that Yandex may use elements of the program code entered by the Customer and Hints for the purposes of analytics to study errors and failures in the operation of the Service, to improve the operation of algorithms and technologies of Yandex and its affiliates, as well as for the purposes of discovering violations of the Terms of Use.

5.3. When starting the use of the Service, the Customer shall warrant that it does not and will not perform any actions aimed at circumventing any technical means of protection against an unauthorized use of the Service.

Any copying, reproduction, processing, distribution, making available to the public or other use of the Service beyond the features provided in accordance with the Terms and any use thereof without the prior consent of Yandex are prohibited.

5.4. The Customer shall agree that Yandex may use the program code entered by the Customer, which Yandex receives as part of the User Information collected by the Plugin, to generate Hints and maintain the correct operation of the Service. For the above purposes, the Customer shall grant Yandex and its affiliates the right to use such code under an ordinary (non-exclusive) license in all countries worldwide during the entire term of the exclusive rights by recording it in the memory of any devices, copying, modifying, creating derivative works solely for the purposes of analyzing and optimizing the Service.

Terms and definitions

Capitalized terms used herein and not defined in the Agreement shall have the following meanings:

Hint means an AI-generated suggested option for writing program code that is one of the likely extensions of the program code entered into the IDE workspace by the Customer;

User Information means information collected by the Plugin and transmitted for the purpose of generating Hints, including elements of the program code being entered, device telemetry (keystrokes, other parameters), basic configuration of the Plugin / IDE, list of open files on the device and other information necessary for correct operation of the Service.

Web address: https://yandex.com/legal/cloud_terms_code_assistant

Date of placement: September 20, 2024

Effective date: September 24, 2024