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The policy prohibits using generative AI to make automated decisions that materially and detrimentally affect individual rights in high-risk domains including employment, healthcare, finance, legal matters, housing, insurance, or social welfare, unless human supervision is present.
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This provision places a human supervision requirement on institutional deployments of Google generative AI in regulated high-risk domains, creating a user-side compliance obligation that intersects with EU AI Act high-risk system requirements and GDPR Article 22 automated decision-making provisions.
Interpretive note: The policy does not define 'human supervision' or specify what level of human review satisfies the requirement, creating operational ambiguity for enterprise deployments.
Under this clause, users and organizations deploying Google generative AI in high-risk decision contexts must ensure human oversight is incorporated into their workflows. The agreement prohibits generative AI from being used as a sole automated decision-maker in domains including employment, healthcare, finance, legal, housing, insurance, and social welfare.
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"Makes automated decisions that have a material detrimental impact on individual rights without human supervision in high-risk domains -- for example, in employment, healthcare, finance, legal, housing, insurance, or social welfare.Excerpt from Google Gemini's Google Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the EU AI Act's requirements for human oversight in high-risk AI system deployments, as well as GDPR Article 22 governing automated decision-making with significant effects on individuals. In the United States, sector-specific regulators including the CFPB, EEOC, and HHS have issued guidance on automated decision-making in credit, employment, and healthcare contexts respectively, though this policy does not reference those frameworks explicitly. The FTC's authority over unfair or deceptive practices may also be relevant where automated decisions cause material consumer harm. 2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. Enterprise users deploying Google generative AI in employment screening, credit assessment, clinical decision support, or benefits determination workflows must evaluate whether their implementation satisfies the human supervision condition stated in this policy. Non-compliance with this provision could constitute a policy violation triggering enforcement under Google's broader Terms of Service. 3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and EEA deployments face heightened exposure under the EU AI Act, which classifies several of the listed domains as high-risk AI application areas subject to mandatory conformity assessments and human oversight requirements. U.S. federal and state regulators in financial services, healthcare, and employment contexts may apply sector-specific automated decision-making guidance independently of this policy. 4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations procuring Google generative AI for enterprise use in regulated domains should assess whether their vendor agreements with Google allocate responsibility for human supervision compliance. This policy places the supervision obligation on the user, which may create indemnification exposure if automated decisions cause harm in listed domains. 5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should audit existing generative AI deployments in employment, healthcare, finance, legal, housing, insurance, and social welfare workflows to confirm human review is incorporated at decision points with material individual impact. Data mapping and process documentation should reflect the supervision requirement. EU/EEA organizations should align this review with their EU AI Act conformity assessment obligations.
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This provision places a human supervision requirement on institutional deployments of Google generative AI in regulated high-risk domains, creating a user-side compliance obligation that intersects with EU AI Act high-risk system requirements and GDPR Article 22 automated decision-making provisions.
Under this clause, users and organizations deploying Google generative AI in high-risk decision contexts must ensure human oversight is incorporated into their workflows. The agreement prohibits generative AI from being used as a sole automated decision-maker in domains including employment, healthcare, finance, legal, housing, insurance, and social welfare.
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