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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Compare across platforms →"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.
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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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