You must follow Cohere's usage rules, which can be updated at any time, and you cannot use the API for illegal purposes or to create content that violates others' rights.
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The AUP is incorporated by reference and may be updated by Cohere at any time, meaning the conditions of permitted use can change without the customer renegotiating the main agreement.
Interpretive note: The full current text of the Acceptable Use Policy is not reproduced in the document provided; the scope of prohibited uses depends on the AUP's current content, which is subject to unilateral update by Cohere.
The agreement incorporates Cohere's Acceptable Use Policy by reference as a binding term that Cohere can update at any time; enterprise customers are contractually bound to comply with the current AUP at all times, and changes to the AUP automatically become binding terms without requiring a new contract signature.
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You agree not to use the Services to: (a) violate any applicable law or regulation; (b) infringe the intellectual property rights of others; (c) transmit any material that is harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable; (d) distribute malware or ...
You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium, including without limitation by any automated or non-automated 'scraping'; (ii) using any automated system, including without limitation 'robots,' 's...
You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium, including without limitation by any automated or non-automated 'scraping'; (ii) using any automated system, including without limitation 'robots,' 's...
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"Customer agrees to comply with Cohere's Acceptable Use Policy, as updated from time to time, which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference. Customer may not use the Services for any unlawful purpose, to generate content that infringes third-party rights, or in any manner that violates applicable laws or regulations.— Excerpt from Cohere's Cohere SaaS Agreement
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: AUP compliance obligations interact with the EU AI Act's prohibited use cases for AI systems, as the AUP may need to reflect applicable statutory prohibitions. The FTC's guidance on AI and consumer protection is also relevant for enterprise customers deploying AI-generated content in consumer-facing applications. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The dynamic nature of the AUP (updatable at any time) creates a compliance monitoring obligation: enterprise customers must track AUP changes and assess their deployed use cases against updated terms on an ongoing basis. Failure to monitor AUP changes could result in inadvertent policy violations triggering immediate termination. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: Customers deploying Cohere's API in the EU should ensure that their use cases comply with EU AI Act prohibited and high-risk AI use categories, which may be more restrictive than the AUP's requirements. US customers in regulated sectors should assess the AUP against sector-specific regulatory restrictions on AI use. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: The dynamic incorporation by reference of the AUP is a standard SaaS practice but requires active vendor monitoring. Procurement teams should establish a process for receiving notification of AUP updates and assessing compliance impact. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should maintain a record of the AUP as of contract execution and implement a change management process for AUP updates, including legal review of material changes and operational impact assessment for deployed use cases.
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The AUP is incorporated by reference and may be updated by Cohere at any time, meaning the conditions of permitted use can change without the customer renegotiating the main agreement.
The agreement incorporates Cohere's Acceptable Use Policy by reference as a binding term that Cohere can update at any time; enterprise customers are contractually bound to comply with the current AUP at all times, and changes to the AUP automatically become binding terms without requiring a new contract signature.
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