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Prohibition on High-Risk Safety-Critical Use

High severity High confidence Explicitdocumentlanguage Common · 285 of 352 platforms
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The prohibition applies whenever harm would be a reasonably expected result of use or failure, which covers a broad range of safety-critical applications and places responsibility on the user to assess that risk.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

You are prohibited from using the Cohere Solution in any context where its use or failure would reasonably be expected to cause death, serious personal injury, or severe environmental or property damage.

How other platforms handle this

Affirm Medium

You will not use the Services to accomplish a cash advance, wire or money transfer.

Whatnot Medium

Make any automated use of the App...Use any software, technology, or device to scrape, spider, or crawl the App or harvest or manipulate data

Robinhood Medium

if you do choose to upload your photograph to our Service, please note that all images must adhere to our App Use Standards which you are required to comply with to use any of the Robinhood Services.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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use the Cohere Solution for any activities where the use or failure of the Cohere Solution would reasonably be expected to result in death, serious personal injury, or severe environmental or property damage (such as the creation or operation of weaponry)

— Excerpt from Cohere's Cohere Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Cohere Terms of Use
Entity
Cohere
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 30, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-044327
Document ID
CA-D-00441
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
fce6a3fe9260708841b139a17617c1f2c9485f652de86766eaaf928e6f5e0872
Analysis generated
April 30, 2026 06:55 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Cohere
Document: Cohere Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-044327
Captured: 2026-04-30 06:55:06 UTC
SHA-256: fce6a3fe92607088…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/cohere/cohere-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-044327/prohibition-on-high-risk-safety-critical-use/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Cohere's Prohibition on High-Risk Safety-Critical Use clause do?

The prohibition applies whenever harm would be a reasonably expected result of use or failure, which covers a broad range of safety-critical applications and places responsibility on the user to assess that risk.

How does this clause affect you?

You are prohibited from using the Cohere Solution in any context where its use or failure would reasonably be expected to cause death, serious personal injury, or severe environmental or property damage.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 285 platforms. See the full comparison.

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