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Cohere bars a category of high-stakes automated decision-making, covering domains such as employment, education, and healthcare, where algorithmic outputs could directly affect individuals' life circumstances.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is framed as item (2) in a list, suggesting other prohibited uses exist in adjacent items not quoted here. The canonical claim captures only what this excerpt establishes.
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.
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"(2) that use the Cohere Services for automated determinations about individuals in domains that affect their rights, safety, or access to essential services and benefits (e.g., employment, education, healthcare...)Excerpt from Cohere's Usage Policy
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Cohere bars a category of high-stakes automated decision-making, covering domains such as employment, education, and healthcare, where algorithmic outputs could directly affect individuals' life circumstances.
Readers are prohibited from using Cohere Services to power automated determinations about individuals in rights- or safety-affecting domains.
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