Cohere · Governance

Policy Drift Analysis Mixed 3 mo

How Cohere's governance documents and clauses have shifted over time, by document, provision, and change direction.

Cohere has made 11 significant policy changes since monitoring began in April 2026 (3 mo). 2 were negative for consumers, primarily involving transparency removal.
Meaningful only Showing all changes including minor
11
Changes
2
Negative
0
Positive
9
Neutral
1
High Severity
Negative (18%) Positive (0%)

Documents Affected

Cohere Usage Policy
9 changes
Cohere's Usage Policy sets out what customers are and are not allowed to do with Cohere's AI Services. It bans a wide range of harmful uses—such as making automated decisions …
Jul 29, 2026
In an update detected on July 29, 2026, Cohere's Acceptable Use Policy was revised. The change added a reference to 'Cohere Trust Center' in the …
low neutral
+ 8 more changes
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Cohere Privacy Policy
2 changes
This Privacy Policy explains what Cohere collects and does with your data when you use its products directly — but it does not cover you if you are an enterprise …
May 2, 2026
Cohere updated its privacy policy on May 2, 2026 to add specific retention timelines and procedures for handling personal information. The revised policy now explicitly …
low neutral
+ 1 more change
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All Changes (11)

Jul 29, 2026
In an update detected on July 29, 2026, Cohere's Acceptable Use Policy was revised. The change added a reference to 'Cohere Trust Center' in the document's navigation or resource list. …
low neutral Cohere Usage Policy
Jul 9, 2026
Cohere's Usage Policy documentation was updated on July 9, 2026 to add a reference to 'v2 API' at the beginning of the navigation menu. The change adds two instances of …
low neutral Cohere Usage Policy
Jul 8, 2026
Cohere's Usage Policy documentation was updated on July 8, 2026 to reflect changes in their product navigation and resource guides. The diff shows two updates to the policy's table of …
low neutral Cohere Usage Policy
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Trend Observation

Cohere's most frequent change categories are Transparency removal (2), Retention change (1). The most frequently updated document is Cohere Usage Policy with 9 changes. Get alerted when Cohere changes policy →

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