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The terms prohibit a defined list of abusive, harmful, and deceptive service uses, including malware, hacking, jailbreaking, adversarial prompting, prompt injection, creating fake accounts or reviews, misrepresenting AI-generated content as human-created, and using Google's AI-generated content to train third-party machine learning models.
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This provision explicitly prohibits using AI-generated content from Google services to develop third-party machine learning models, which is operationally significant for AI developers, researchers, and organizations building products that incorporate outputs from Google's generative AI services. The prohibition on jailbreaking and adversarial prompting, except in authorized safety and bug testing programs, also has implications for security researchers.
Interpretive note: The scope of 'AI-generated content from our services' is not precisely defined in these terms, creating interpretive uncertainty about which Google service outputs are covered by the prohibition on use for third-party ML model development.
The updated terms materially reduce service quality commitments. The revised language replaces Google's prior commitment to provide services using "reasonable skill and care" with an explicit as-is disclaimer stating that services are provided "without any express or implied warranties" unless stated in service-specific terms. The updated terms now explicitly apply to all users whether signed in to a Google account or not, extending their scope. Google also clarifies that its Privacy Policy applies to service use. These changes establish that users have fewer contractual recourse options if services fail to function as expected, except where service-specific additional terms or applicable law provide otherwise.
View change record →Under this clause, users are prohibited from using Google's AI-generated content outputs to train or develop third-party machine learning models, and from presenting AI-generated content as human-created. Violations of these prohibited conduct provisions may result in account suspension or termination as described in the account suspension clause.
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"You must not abuse, harm, interfere with, or disrupt our services or systems — for example, by: introducing malware spamming, hacking, or bypassing our systems or protective measures jailbreaking, adversarial prompting, or prompt injection, except as part of our safety and bug testing programs accessing or using our services or content in fraudulent or deceptive ways, such as: phishing creating fake accounts or content, including fake reviews misleading others into thinking that generative AI content was created by a human using AI-generated content from our services to develop machine learning models or related AI technology hiding or misrepresenting who you are in order to violate these terms.Excerpt from Google's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The prohibition on presenting AI-generated content as human-created engages emerging AI transparency and disclosure frameworks, including the EU AI Act's requirements for disclosure of AI-generated content in certain contexts. The FTC has indicated interest in deceptive AI practices under its general consumer protection authority. The prohibition on using Google AI outputs to train third-party models engages IP and trade secret law considerations. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The prohibition on using Google AI-generated content for ML model development is an operationally specific restriction that may affect AI developers, startups, and research organizations that use Google services and also develop their own AI systems. The scope of 'AI-generated content from our services' is not precisely defined in these terms, which creates interpretive uncertainty about which outputs are covered. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: The EU AI Act's transparency requirements for AI-generated content may create additional obligations for users who deploy Google AI outputs in consumer-facing contexts, which operate alongside rather than in conflict with these terms. The prohibition on AI output use for model training may interact with applicable fair use or fair dealing doctrines in various jurisdictions. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations developing AI products or conducting research that involves Google AI outputs should assess whether their workflows comply with this prohibition, and whether enterprise or API-specific agreements with Google provide for different or expanded permitted uses. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams advising AI development organizations should assess whether use of Google AI service outputs in training datasets or model development activities is prohibited under these terms, and whether service-specific additional terms or API terms of service provide clarification or exceptions.
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This provision explicitly prohibits using AI-generated content from Google services to develop third-party machine learning models, which is operationally significant for AI developers, researchers, and organizations building products that incorporate outputs from Google's generative AI services. The prohibition on jailbreaking and adversarial prompting, except in authorized safety and bug testing programs, also has implications for security researchers.
Under this clause, users are prohibited from using Google's AI-generated content outputs to train or develop third-party machine learning models, and from presenting AI-generated content as human-created. Violations of these prohibited conduct provisions may result in account suspension or termination as described in the account suspension clause.
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