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The clause identifies two separate governing documents — Usage Guidelines and customer agreements — as the locations where prohibited use case details are set out, and names three specific prohibited categories.
Users and developers are subject to prohibited use case rules documented in both Cohere's Usage Guidelines and their customer agreements, covering at minimum social scoring, inciting violence or harm, and misinformation or political manipulation.
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"Cohere's Usage Guidelines and customer agreements contain details about prohibited use cases, like social scoring, inciting violence or harm, and misinformation or other political manipulation.Excerpt from Cohere's Responsible Use Policy
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The clause identifies two separate governing documents — Usage Guidelines and customer agreements — as the locations where prohibited use case details are set out, and names three specific prohibited categories.
Users and developers are subject to prohibited use case rules documented in both Cohere's Usage Guidelines and their customer agreements, covering at minimum social scoring, inciting violence or harm, and misinformation or political manipulation.
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