You must be at least 13 years old, or older if your country requires it, to create a Cerebras account.
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The 13-year minimum age engages U.S. COPPA requirements for services that may be accessed by children, but the document does not describe any age verification mechanism, which may create compliance gaps.
Interpretive note: The document asserts an age minimum but does not describe any technical or procedural verification mechanism, leaving enforcement unclear.
Users under 13 (or under the applicable digital consent age in their country) are not permitted to register, but the terms do not describe how Cerebras verifies this, meaning minors could potentially access the service without an enforcement mechanism.
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To access and use the Services, you must be at least the age of majority in the state, province, or territory where you live or at least 18 years of age. If you are under the age of 13, you may not use the Services and you should not be visiting the Sites or using the Services.
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"You must be at least 13 years of age or the minimum age of digital consent required in your country to register for an account on the Service ("User Account").— Excerpt from Cerebras's Cerebras Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The 13-year age threshold directly implicates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), enforced by the FTC, which requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13. The document does not describe a COPPA-compliant age verification or parental consent mechanism. In the EU, the GDPR sets the digital consent age at 16 (or as low as 13 where member states have lowered it), and the document's reference to 'minimum age of digital consent required in your country' gestures at but does not operationalize this compliance. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The lack of a described age verification mechanism may be sufficient to create FTC COPPA exposure if children under 13 are found to use the service, particularly given that the chatbot interface could be attractive to younger users. The provision as written is a contractual age gate only, not a technical one. JURISDICTION FLAGS: The EU's GDPR child data provisions create heightened exposure for EU-based operators of AI services that may be accessed by minors. The UK's Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code) imposes additional obligations on services likely to be accessed by children. California's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) may also be engaged. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations deploying Cerebras services in educational or consumer contexts where minors may be users should conduct a COPPA and applicable child privacy law assessment. The absence of a described technical age verification mechanism in the terms creates a due diligence gap for enterprise customers whose end users may include minors. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Cerebras should be assessed on whether it has implemented technical controls (age gates, parental consent flows) beyond the contractual representation in this clause. Organizations subject to FERPA (educational institutions) or COPPA (consumer services) should not assume this contractual provision alone constitutes sufficient compliance. A data protection impact assessment may be warranted for deployments in contexts accessible to minors.
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The 13-year minimum age engages U.S. COPPA requirements for services that may be accessed by children, but the document does not describe any age verification mechanism, which may create compliance gaps.
Users under 13 (or under the applicable digital consent age in their country) are not permitted to register, but the terms do not describe how Cerebras verifies this, meaning minors could potentially access the service without an enforcement mechanism.
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