Can model providers discover your business from API traffic?

High-volume or unusual model requests can reveal product direction and customer behavior even when a company accesses models through an intermediary

Even if you go through an intermediary, couldn't the model providers still see your requests? So any high volume or otherwise interesting use-cases would still, in principle, be discoverable by those providers.
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