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Cohere's acknowledgment that toxicity remains possible despite safeguards is consequential for users and developers who may encounter harmful outputs during extended interactions.
Users are informed that harmful or toxic text may still be generated by Cohere's model, particularly during long, multi-turn conversations, despite existing safeguards.
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"We have put safeguards in place to avoid generating harmful text, and while they are effective...it is still possible to encounter toxicity, especially over long conversations with multiple turns.Excerpt from Cohere's Command R and Command R+ Model Card
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Cohere's acknowledgment that toxicity remains possible despite safeguards is consequential for users and developers who may encounter harmful outputs during extended interactions.
Users are informed that harmful or toxic text may still be generated by Cohere's model, particularly during long, multi-turn conversations, despite existing safeguards.
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