The policy prohibits using Cohere's AI to make final, automated decisions with major consequences for people (such as in legal, financial, or employment contexts) without a human reviewing the outcome.
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This provision directly engages with regulatory requirements for human oversight in automated decision-making, including those established under the GDPR Article 22 and the EU AI Act for high-risk AI systems, and reflects a substantive operational constraint for enterprises deploying AI in consequential domains.
Interpretive note: The term 'appropriate human oversight' is not defined in the document, and what constitutes sufficient review may vary by regulatory framework, industry context, and jurisdiction.
Users and operators cannot use Cohere's services to make fully automated consequential decisions affecting individuals in legal, financial, medical, or employment contexts without incorporating human review, which is a material operational constraint for enterprise AI deployments.
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"Do not use Cohere's services to make fully automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on individuals without appropriate human oversight.Excerpt from Cohere's Responsible Use Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Article 22, which grants individuals the right not to be subject to solely automated decisions with significant effects and requires human review mechanisms.
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This provision directly engages with regulatory requirements for human oversight in automated decision-making, including those established under the GDPR Article 22 and the EU AI Act for high-risk AI systems, and reflects a substantive operational constraint for enterprises deploying AI in consequential domains.
Users and operators cannot use Cohere's services to make fully automated consequential decisions affecting individuals in legal, financial, medical, or employment contexts without incorporating human review, which is a material operational constraint for enterprise AI deployments.
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