Google Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy

This document is Google's Generative AI Additional Terms of Service and Use Policy, governing use of Google's generative AI products including Gemini apps and the Gemini API, and operating as a supplement to the Google Terms of Service. The agreement states that users must not use the services to generate content that facilitates violence, generates misinformation, creates CSAM, enables cyberattacks, or violates applicable law, and that Google reserves the right to suspend or terminate access for policy violations. The use policy enumerates specific prohibited categories of content and use cases, including content designed to deceive, content that sexualizes minors, and automated pipelines without human oversight in high-stakes domains such as healthcare and legal advice, which distinguishes this document operationally from general-purpose ToS frameworks by incorporating AI-specific safety constraints on outputs. The document engages the EU AI Act, GDPR, the FTC Act, and COPPA given the scope of AI-generated content, automated decision-making disclosures, and restrictions on use involving minors; applicability of specific regulatory obligations depends on user jurisdiction and deployment context. Compliance teams deploying Gemini API in commercial or regulated contexts should evaluate whether use-case-specific restrictions in this policy create contractual risk, particularly in healthcare, legal, financial, and educational applications where the policy explicitly limits reliance on AI outputs.