Developers cannot use Cohere's models to create disinformation campaigns or conduct influence operations, including generating false narratives, fabricated content, or coordinated inauthentic behavior.
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This prohibition covers a category of AI misuse that has attracted significant regulatory and legislative attention globally; developers who build such capabilities on Cohere's infrastructure face both policy breach and increasing legal exposure as AI-generated disinformation legislation develops.
Interpretive note: The terms 'influence operations' and 'disinformation' are not defined in the document, creating interpretive ambiguity for edge cases involving persuasive content, satire, or political advertising.
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 protects the general public from being targeted by AI-generated disinformation or influence operations produced using Cohere's models, directly addressing the safety of individuals who consume information online.
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"Certain use cases, such as violence, hate speech, fraud, and privacy violations, are strictly prohibited. [The policy identifies influence operations and disinformation as prohibited use categories.]— Excerpt from Cohere's Cohere Usage Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: AI-generated disinformation and influence operations are an emerging area of regulation. The EU AI Act and the EU Digital Services Act address certain manipulation and disinformation risks associated with AI systems. In the US, the FTC has authority over deceptive practices including AI-generated false advertising or impersonation. Several US states have enacted or proposed legislation specifically targeting AI-generated political disinformation. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The prohibition is categorical but the definition of 'influence operations' and 'disinformation' is not specified in the document, creating interpretive ambiguity for edge cases such as persuasive marketing content, political advertising, or satirical content. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU deployments face the highest regulatory exposure given the Digital Services Act's requirements for very large online platforms and the EU AI Act's provisions on AI-generated manipulation. US developers in political advertising or public communications contexts should monitor rapidly evolving state-level AI disclosure legislation. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Developers building content generation or social media management tools should specifically review whether their product's capabilities could be weaponized for influence operations and include appropriate use restrictions in their own end-user agreements. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should assess whether any proposed use case involves persuasive content generation at scale, synthetic persona creation, or coordinated content distribution, and review these against the prohibition's scope before deployment.
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This prohibition covers a category of AI misuse that has attracted significant regulatory and legislative attention globally; developers who build such capabilities on Cohere's infrastructure face both policy breach and increasing legal exposure as AI-generated disinformation legislation develops.
This provision protects the general public from being targeted by AI-generated disinformation or influence operations produced using Cohere's models, directly addressing the safety of individuals who consume information online.
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