Federal Computer System Disclaimer
This is a Federal computer system and is the property of the United States Government. It is for authorized use only. Users (authorized or unauthorized) have no explicit or implicit expectation of privacy. Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed to authorized site, Department of Energy, and law enforcement personnel, as well as authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign.
By using this system, the user consents to such interception, monitoring, recording, copying, auditing, inspection, and disclosure at the discretion of authorized site or Department of Energy personnel. Unauthorized or improper use of this system may result in administrative disciplinary action and civil and criminal penalties. By continuing to use this system you indicate your awareness of and consent to these terms and conditions of use.
Acceptable Use
Use of AI models are subject to the terms of conditions of each model provider. Read Cloud Provider Terms of Service for more information.
AI Guidance Document for LBNL Employees
The IT Division’s IT Policy Office has published a document providing Guidance on using Generative AI Tools
LBNL Staff should familiarize themselves with the issues described above.
Not for Critical Infrastructure
CBORG AI Services are for research purposes only and not intended to support critical infrastructure at Berkeley Lab. If you need build critical infrastructure using AI services similar to CBORG, please contact Science IT to discuss your needs.
Potential Errors and Bias
The IT Division and Science IT group makes strives to provide AI models that are stable and free of bias. However, AI models are trained on large amounts of data which make include inaccurate and biased content. As a result, AI models may produce biased, inaccurate or toxic outputs. AI models produce statistical approximations of correct answers that may resemble correct answers but are in fact completely erroneous, which are generally referred to as “hallucinations”.
Logging and Data Inspection
The IT Division keeps logs of all service usage, including inputs and outputs, and analyzes them to support, secure, and improve the stability and performance of the CBorg services. Please do not use these services to process personal information.
Third Party Data Processing
Use of AI models hosted by commercial cloud providers (including Google Gemini, OpenAI ChatGPT, and Anthropic Claude) will cause your data to be sent to external parties for processing. These third-party data processing services are licensed under enterprise and/or commercial terms of service. Providers generally agree to non-use and non-disclosure of your data (including agreements that the data will not be used for model training).
However, these agreements do not guarantee zero-data retention, and data may still be subject to potential human review by the provider for abuse monitoring, compliance, or usage to support service delivery.
Users are responsible for understanding any IP-related issues with data sent to any CBORG service.
Protection of Personal-Information
CBORG services should not be used to process any personal information, prudent-to-protect information, confidential unclassified information (CUI) or classified information. If you need to process PII or HIPPA information please contact Science IT to discuss your needs for secure computing.
Additional Terms and Conditions
Usage of IT infrastructure at Berkeley Lab is subject to the Berkeley Lab’s Terms and Conditions.