The terms prohibit a defined list of conduct including malware introduction, hacking, jailbreaking, adversarial prompting, prompt injection outside authorized programs, fake account or content creation, AI content misrepresentation, use of Google AI-generated content to train competing ML models, and automated access in violation of robots.txt instructions. These prohibitions apply to all users of Google services.
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This provision establishes the acceptable use boundaries for all Google services, including explicit prohibitions on using Google AI-generated content to develop competing machine learning models and on automated scraping in violation of robots.txt directives. These restrictions have operational implications for developers, researchers, and organizations that access Google services programmatically or use Google AI outputs in their own technical workflows.
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 →⚠ Users who violate these prohibitions may have their content removed or Google Account suspended or terminated as stated in the terms
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Compare across platforms →"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 ... using automated means to access content from any of our services in violation of the machine-readable instructions on our web pages (for example, robots.txt files that disallow crawling, training, or other activities)Excerpt from Google's Terms of Service
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The prohibition on misrepresenting AI-generated content as human-created may engage FTC Act provisions on deceptive practices, as well as emerging AI transparency requirements under the EU AI Act, which includes disclosure obligations …
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This provision establishes the acceptable use boundaries for all Google services, including explicit prohibitions on using Google AI-generated content to develop competing machine learning models and on automated scraping in violation of robots.txt directives. These restrictions have operational implications for developers, researchers, and organizations that access Google services programmatically or use Google AI outputs in their own technical workflows.
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