TERMS & CONDITIONS

Helium ("the Service") is a public AI gateway that provides unified access to large language models through an OpenAI-compatible API. The Service routes requests to third-party AI providers and returns generated content ("Generated Content") to the user.

By accessing or using the Service you agree to these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

These Terms apply to any action and interaction of the user with the Service and any of its functionality, including but not limited to sending prompts and commands, activating features, using Generated Content obtained through the Service — including use of the Service integrated into other services or software products — and the use of Generated Content.

You agree to use the Service responsibly and safely. You are solely responsible for compliance with these Terms and with applicable law.

The Service is intended for users aged 18 and older. Use by minors is permitted only with the consent and under the control of their parents or legal guardians, who accept these Terms on their own behalf.

You are obliged to independently verify the accuracy, reliability and relevance of any information obtained through the Service, and to promptly notify the operator about any known cases of unlawful use of the Service by third parties.

It is prohibited to use the Service for the following purposes:

1. 01Illegal activityUsing Helium for any purpose that violates applicable laws or regulations, including facilitating criminal activity of any kind.
2. 02Malicious softwareCreating, distributing or improving malware, ransomware, viruses, trojans, or any code intended to disrupt, damage or gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
3. 03Fraud and deceptionScams, phishing, impersonation of real people or organizations, fake reviews, and any actions designed to mislead users or third parties.
4. 04Prohibited contentCreating any content that violates applicable law, the rights of third parties, or generally accepted moral and ethical norms.
5. 05Gambling and economic harmOrganizing or promoting gambling and lotteries where prohibited by law, and any activity likely to cause economic damage to third parties.
6. 06Unlicensed professional adviceProviding financial, legal, medical and similar professional advice, or performing other activities requiring special permits, licenses or qualifications, without supervision by an authorized qualified specialist able to verify the correctness of AI-generated information.
7. 07Political campaigningPolitical agitation and campaign materials produced without proper attribution and oversight.
8. 08Election interferenceInformation distributed in violation of election and referendum legislation, and unlawful production or distribution of campaign materials.
9. 09Human impersonationPresenting AI-generated output as direct human work in contexts where results are expected to be created directly by a person, or where personal human involvement is assumed.
10. 10Hate and discriminationContent that promotes, justifies or incites violence, or incites hatred against individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity or national origin, skin color, religion, gender, age, disability, social status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family status, medical or genetic condition, or any other characteristic that may be a ground for discrimination.
11. 11Defamation and insultsDiscrediting content defaming the honor, dignity or business reputation of third parties, as well as offensive or abusive language and expressions.
12. 12Privacy violationsContent violating the privacy of third parties.
13. 13Harassment and threatsThreats, bullying, stalking and harassment.
14. 14Violence and extremismTerrorist and extremist materials, including propaganda or justification of extremist activity or terrorism, instructions for manufacturing explosives, explosive devices or firearms and ammunition, false reports of terrorist acts, and any content rehabilitating Nazism or promoting forbidden extremist symbols.
15. 15MisinformationKnowingly false information presented as fact, including fake emergency alerts, fabricated news, manipulation of public opinion, and any unreliable publicly significant information distributed as truthful reports.
16. 16Health hazardsPromotion, advertising or instructions for the production, use or distribution of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, nicotine products and other substances harmful to health, including information on cultivating drug-containing plants and new potentially dangerous psychoactive substances.
17. 17Sexual contentSexually explicit material, pornography, zoophilia, necrophilia, depictions of rape or cruel violence, and sexualized content involving minors.
18. 18Harm to minorsAny content exploiting or endangering children, involving minors in unlawful acts, or otherwise violating child protection laws.
19. 19Exploitation of tragediesSpeculation on tragic events (acts of cruelty, disasters, conflicts, injuries or death) or content expressing disdain for them.
20. 20Self-harmContent encouraging or instructing suicide or self-injury, including inducement by persuasion, offers, deception or promises.
21. 21Animal crueltyCruel treatment of animals causing pain or suffering, regardless of whether it resulted in injury or death, as well as calls for, justification or promotion of such treatment.
22. 22Slave tradeCalls for, justification, promotion or encouragement of slave trade.
23. 23Counterfeit documentsOffers to acquire counterfeit documents granting rights or exempting from obligations.
24. 24Illegal tradeOffers of retail sale of medicines whose retail trade is limited or prohibited, offers from persons without proper licenses, and remote sales of goods whose sale is restricted by law.
25. 25Unlicensed financial servicesInformation about banking, insurance or securities services offered in violation of the law or by persons not entitled to provide them.
26. 26Financial pyramidsInformation encouraging participation in schemes where returns to earlier participants are paid from funds contributed by new participants without legitimate investment or business activity.
27. 27Disrespect to states and symbolsContent showing evident disrespect to society, the state, official state symbols, constitutions or bodies of state power, or insulting the religious feelings of believers.
28. 28Military and defenseContent directed against armed forces, volunteer formations, organizations or persons assisting them in their tasks, including discrediting such activities; desecration of symbols of military glory and insults to the memory of defenders of the Fatherland; humiliation of the honor and dignity of war veterans.
29. 29Historical revisionismDenial of facts established by judgments of international military tribunals, approval of crimes established by such judgments, and knowingly false information about historical events, including the activities of states during wartime and about veterans.
30. 30Calls for sanctionsCalls for the introduction of political, economic or other sanctions against any state, its citizens or legal entities.
31. 31False statements about authoritiesUnreliable information distributed as truthful reports concerning the activities of state bodies beyond the territory of a state, aimed at discrediting such activities, or otherwise obstructing public authorities in ensuring security.

Upon detection of violations of these restrictions, or of violations of the rights of third parties or applicable law, we reserve the right to prohibit your access to the Service.

When interacting with the Service and its infrastructure, the following is prohibited:

1. 01Bypassing restrictionsCircumventing technical limitations of the Service, including rate limits, quotas and access controls.
2. 02Reverse engineeringStudying the technology, decompiling, disassembling, altering or modifying the software on which the Service operates.
3. 03Destabilizing the ServiceActions aimed at disrupting the functioning and performance of the Service, or any actions that may lead to failures or interruptions of its operation.
4. 04Unauthorized accessAttempts to gain unauthorized access to the administration of the Service, its closed sections, or accounts of other users.
5. 05CyberattacksUsing the Service to organize or carry out computer attacks against any systems or networks.
6. 06Automated abuseUsing the Service in ways that place excessive load on its infrastructure beyond normal API usage.

You are responsible for keeping your API keys, tokens and other access credentials secure and confidential. You must not transfer your credentials to third parties or provide access to the Service through your credentials to others.

All actions performed with the Service using your credentials are deemed to be actions performed by you personally. If your credentials become known to third parties, change them immediately and notify the operator of any suspected unauthorized access.

Content generated by the Service is created by artificial intelligence and may be inaccurate, incomplete or outdated. Any output of the Service is informational only: it does not constitute professional advice, a recommendation, guidance for decision- making, or the position of the operator.

Generated Content may lack originality and may coincide, fully or partially, with output generated for other users or with content of third parties. By using Generated Content you assume all associated risks, including risks related to infringement of third-party intellectual property rights.

When publishing or distributing Generated Content, you should clearly indicate that it was created with the help of AI, and you are responsible for ensuring it does not violate the rights of third parties or applicable law.

If you use the Service to build your own online services or provide services to consumers, you must clearly inform them that the Service (AI technology) is used in the operation of your online services and automated systems and products, including chatbots, voice and virtual assistants, as well as about possible limitations and consequences related to such use.

When distributing works created with the Service, attribute the work to yourself, clearly indicate the role and contribution of AI in its creation, and make sure the work does not contain prohibited content.

The Service collects minimal technical data required for its operation: request metadata, token counts, latency measurements, and anonymized identifiers. The contents of your prompts are processed by third-party AI providers according to their own policies.

You must not submit through the Service personal data of yourself or third parties, or data constituting state, banking, tax, commercial, medical or other legally protected secrets. Do not submit sensitive personal data, credentials or confidential information of any kind.

You grant the operator a simple (non-exclusive), royalty-free license to reproduce, store and process your prompts and Generated Content solely to the extent necessary to provide the Service: routing requests to AI providers, generating responses, recording usage statistics (token counts, latency, anonymized identifiers) and maintaining the operation and security of the Service.

This license does not give the operator the right to publish or distribute your content outside the scope of providing the Service.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE. USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL HELIUM OR ITS OPERATORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF — OR INABILITY TO USE — THE SERVICE OR GENERATED CONTENT.

YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL ACTIONS PERFORMED WITH THE SERVICE AND FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM SUCH ACTIONS.

WHERE LIABILITY CANNOT BE EXCLUDED, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE OPERATOR SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY (WHICH MAY BE ZERO IF THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE).

The Service is provided over the Internet; you are responsible for arranging your own access to it. The Service is not bound by any availability guarantees (SLA). Scheduled and unscheduled maintenance may be performed at any time, with temporary suspension of the Service, with or without prior notice.

We reserve the right at any time, with or without notice: to limit, extend, supplement, modify or discontinue the functionality of the Service; to set limits and restrictions on its use; to restrict access from certain IP addresses; to delete or block content that violates these Terms or the law; and to restrict, suspend or terminate access of any user — in each case without prior notice and without liability.

These Terms may be updated at any time. Continued use of the Service after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree with the changes, you must stop using the Service.