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by andrewfromx 1263 days ago
I wonder, what happens when you read just the summary of a complex section, sign, and then years later are in a lawsuit. If Detangled's algorithm in shown to have clearly written the summary wrong... are they in any way liable? hehe notice their own terms with summaries: https://detangle.ai/terms
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From the original text:

> We may suspend or terminate your right to use our website and terminate these Terms of Service immediately upon written notice to you for any breach of these Terms of Service.

From the summary:

> We can end this agreement any time we want.

I read these as being quite different? The original text says they can only terminate for a breach by the user of the ToS, not simply "any time we want".

I get that the service isn't supposed to replace actual legal advice but surely differences as glaring as these limit the usefulness of the summaries.

That was the big reason for adding the massive disclaimer everywhere, but I guess we'll see.

I also intentionally didn't just give an output of the summary but instead showed it next to each paragraph so the implication isn't that the summaries replaces the legal, but rather tries to clarify.

Glad you noticed the Terms. :)