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This prohibition targets AI-enabled psychological manipulation specifically where it impairs informed decision-making and carries likelihood of harm, restricting covert influence operations and dark-pattern deployments.
Users are prohibited from employing Stability AI technology to apply subliminal, manipulative, or deceptive techniques that can distort a person's ability to make informed decisions and are likely to cause harm.
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"using subliminal, manipulative, or deceptive techniques that can distort a person's ability to make informed decisions and is likely to cause harm.Excerpt from Stability AI's Acceptable Use Policy
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This prohibition targets AI-enabled psychological manipulation specifically where it impairs informed decision-making and carries likelihood of harm, restricting covert influence operations and dark-pattern deployments.
Users are prohibited from employing Stability AI technology to apply subliminal, manipulative, or deceptive techniques that can distort a person's ability to make informed decisions and are likely to cause harm.
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