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Prohibition on High-Risk Safety-Critical Use

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

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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)

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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

Credit Karma

You may not use our Services in any manner that infringes the rights of any third party.

Teladoc

Assist or permit any persons in engaging in any of the activities described above

Kling AI

use the Services in a manner that may create a conflict of interest or undermine the purposes of the Services, such as trading reviews with other users or writing or soliciting fake reviews

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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 Terms of Use

Provision details

Document information
Document
Cohere Terms of Use
Entity
Cohere
Date stated by the document
Sept. 7, 2022
As printed in Cohere’s text (version CA-V-007598), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
April 29, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-007354, captured Oct. 6, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-044327
Document ID
CA-D-000441
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Archived bytes SHA-256 (version CA-V-007354)
fc850b4f668ed98e57d872de78c104eb7d8eab76dbdbf0904d12a46f3cee34be
Analysis generated
April 30, 2026 06:55 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-007354, captured Oct. 6, 2026 (checked Oct. 6, 2026)
Not the current version. The document's current version is CA-V-007598, captured Oct. 16, 2026; this clause has not been re-checked against it.
Citation Record
Entity: Cohere
Document: Cohere Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-044327
Version: CA-V-007354
Captured: 2026-10-06 00:54:24 UTC
SHA-256: fc850b4f668ed98e…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/cohere/cohere-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-044327/prohibition-on-high-risk-safety-critical-use/
Accessed: Oct. 28, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
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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 273 platforms. See the full comparison.

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