 Bias, Risks, and Limitations  The information below in this section are copied from the model's [official model card](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.11416.pdf):  > Language models, including Flan-T5, can potentially be used for language generation in a harmful way, according to Rae et al. (2021). Flan-T5 should not be used directly in any application, without a prior assessment of safety and fairness concerns specific to the application.  