The terms prohibit using automated means to access Google services in violation of robots.txt or similar machine-readable instructions, using AI-generated content from Google services to train or develop machine learning models, and reverse engineering Google's services or machine learning models to extract proprietary information.
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This provision establishes specific prohibitions on automated data collection for AI training purposes and on using Google's AI-generated outputs to develop competing or derivative AI systems, which has direct operational implications for developers, researchers, and organizations engaged in AI and ML 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 →⚠ Violating these prohibitions may result in account suspension or termination as described in the account enforcement provisions of these terms
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Compare across platforms →"You must not abuse, harm, interfere with, or disrupt our services or systems — for example, by: 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) using AI-generated content from our services to develop machine learning models or related AI technology reverse engineering our services or underlying technology, such as our machine learning models, to extract trade secrets or other proprietary information, except as allowed by applicable lawExcerpt from Google's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Prohibitions on automated data collection and reverse engineering engage the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in the US, the EU Database Directive, and applicable copyright law.
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This provision establishes specific prohibitions on automated data collection for AI training purposes and on using Google's AI-generated outputs to develop competing or derivative AI systems, which has direct operational implications for developers, researchers, and organizations engaged in AI and ML development.
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