Developers building public-facing applications on Cohere's services must disclose to users that they are interacting with an AI system rather than a human, and must implement age verification and content moderation if the application may be accessed by minors. These requirements apply to chatbots and interactive AI agents.
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This provision requires Customer Application operators to implement AI identity disclosure mechanisms in all consumer-facing deployments, creating a direct contractual obligation that aligns with emerging regulatory transparency requirements in the EU AI Act and FTC guidance. The child safety requirement adds an additional operational layer for any application accessible to minors.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify minimum technical or procedural standards for age verification or content moderation, leaving compliance scope to operator interpretation and applicable local law.
The updated policy removes all substantive acceptable use requirements that were previously posted and enforceable. Users no longer have a referenced standard defining what conduct is prohibited on the platform. The removal of enforcement procedures means users cannot verify what conduct may trigger access restriction, suspension, or termination. The elimination of the child safety and sexually explicit content prohibitions from the posted policy creates uncertainty about whether these protections remain in effect through other terms or have been abandoned.
View change record →This provision establishes that consumers using public-facing applications built on Cohere's platform must be told they are interacting with an AI system. Under this clause, operators of minor-facing applications are also required to implement age verification and content moderation controls.
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Compare across platforms →"If your Customer Application is public-facing and interacts with human users (including consumers), like chatbots and interactive AI agents, you must: (1) disclose to the users that they are interacting with an AI system rather than a human; and (2) if the Customer Application interacts with minors, comply with any specific child safety regulations and implement appropriate additional safety controls such as age verification and content moderation.Excerpt from Cohere's Usage Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The AI identity disclosure requirement engages the EU AI Act's transparency obligations for AI systems interacting with natural persons, which require disclosure when users may not otherwise be aware they are interacting …
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This provision requires Customer Application operators to implement AI identity disclosure mechanisms in all consumer-facing deployments, creating a direct contractual obligation that aligns with emerging regulatory transparency requirements in the EU AI Act and FTC guidance. The child safety requirement adds an additional operational layer for any application accessible to minors.
This provision establishes that consumers using public-facing applications built on Cohere's platform must be told they are interacting with an AI system. Under this clause, operators of minor-facing applications are also required to implement age verification and content moderation controls.
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