The policy absolutely prohibits using Cohere's AI to create any sexual content involving children, including AI-generated imagery or text.
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This provision establishes an unconditional prohibition with no operator-level override permitted, and violation would constitute a breach of the AUP as well as potentially criminal conduct under applicable law in most jurisdictions.
Any application built on Cohere's API that generates CSAM or sexual content involving minors is prohibited, meaning users of such applications cannot invoke Cohere's platform to produce this material, and operators cannot configure or permit this use.
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REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages US federal law under 18 U.S.C.
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This provision establishes an unconditional prohibition with no operator-level override permitted, and violation would constitute a breach of the AUP as well as potentially criminal conduct under applicable law in most jurisdictions.
Any application built on Cohere's API that generates CSAM or sexual content involving minors is prohibited, meaning users of such applications cannot invoke Cohere's platform to produce this material, and operators cannot configure or permit this use.
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