The agreement prohibits customers from using any Google Maps Content to train, test, validate, or fine-tune machine learning or artificial intelligence models, as one of several enumerated prohibitions on creating content from Google Maps Content.
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This provision establishes a license condition that directly restricts how customers may use geospatial data obtained through the Maps Platform, including in downstream AI and ML development workflows. A breach of this restriction is identified in Section 5.2(d) as a basis for immediate service suspension without the 24-hour cure period available for AUP violations.
The updated terms add a new liability carve-out stating that Google cannot contractually exclude or limit its liability for customer breaches of usage or license restrictions in the agreement. This means if a customer violates how they are permitted to use Google Maps Platform, Google retains full liability exposure for damages resulting from that breach. The change affects the contractual liability allocation between Google and customers using the platform.
View change record →The updated terms establish a broader definition of activities that are subject to heightened restrictions under the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service. Previously, the definition enumerated specific high-risk categories. The revised language now encompasses any use case where service failure could reasonably be expected to result in death, serious personal injury, or severe environmental or property damage, and explicitly identifies weaponry as a restricted application. Developers and organizations using Google Maps for restricted purposes should review their use cases against the new definition to ensure continued compliance.
View change record →This provision restricts the developers and businesses building applications on Google Maps Platform from incorporating Maps data into AI or ML systems, which may affect the features and capabilities of applications end users interact with. Under this clause, any application whose Maps integration violates this restriction may be subject to suspension, potentially interrupting end user access to Maps-dependent features.
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Compare across platforms →"use Google Maps Content to improve machine learning and artificial intelligence models, including to train, test, validate or fine-tune the models.Excerpt from Google Maps's Platform Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision is a contractual license restriction rather than a direct regulatory obligation, but it interacts with EU AI Act compliance considerations for customers developing AI systems in the EEA, where training …
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This provision establishes a license condition that directly restricts how customers may use geospatial data obtained through the Maps Platform, including in downstream AI and ML development workflows. A breach of this restriction is identified in Section 5.2(d) as a basis for immediate service suspension without the 24-hour cure period available for AUP violations.
This provision restricts the developers and businesses building applications on Google Maps Platform from incorporating Maps data into AI or ML systems, which may affect the features and capabilities of applications end users interact with. Under this clause, any application whose Maps integration violates this restriction may be subject to suspension, potentially interrupting end user access to Maps-dependent features.
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