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This prohibition covers two distinct categories of harmful content — opinion manipulation through fabricated or misleading articles and hate-inciting or group-mischaracterizing content — establishing broad limits on permissible generation.
Users and developers may not use Cohere to generate articles that manipulate public opinion or any content that aims to incite hate or mischaracterize a group of people.
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"Generation of misinformation and other harmful content: The generation of news or other articles which manipulate public opinion, or any content which aims to incite hate or mischaracterize a group of people.— Excerpt from Cohere's Cohere Responsible Use Policy
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This prohibition covers two distinct categories of harmful content — opinion manipulation through fabricated or misleading articles and hate-inciting or group-mischaracterizing content — establishing broad limits on permissible generation.
Users and developers may not use Cohere to generate articles that manipulate public opinion or any content that aims to incite hate or mischaracterize a group of people.
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