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Ban on Subliminal or Manipulative AI Techniques

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Key Facts

What techniques does Stability AI prohibit?
Stability AI prohibits using subliminal, manipulative, or deceptive techniques that can distort a person's ability to make informed decisions and is likely to cause harm.
Does Stability AI prohibit using subliminal, manipulative, or deceptive techniques that can distort a person's ability to make informed decisions?
Stability AI prohibits using subliminal, manipulative, or deceptive techniques that can distort a person's ability to make informed decisions and is likely to cause harm.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

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.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 921 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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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ActiveCampaign Medium

Due to the nature of the AI Features, generated Marketing Content may not be unique across users and the AI Features may generate the same or similar Marketing Content for other users.

GitHub Medium

We generate new information from other data we collect to derive likely preferences or other characteristics. For instance, we infer your general geographic location based on your IP address.

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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

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
EU AI Act - High Risk Provisions
EU
GDPR
European Union
Texas AI Act
Texas, USA
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Stability AI Acceptable Use Policy
Entity
Stability AI
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 11, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-065270
Document ID
CA-D-00772
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
97243bfbcafaa8ec231cbf1c7f8c8ae3a12786517a8390a19011cdbe233bec46
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 13:00 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Stability AI
Document: Stability AI Acceptable Use Policy
Record ID: CA-P-065270
Captured: 2026-05-11 13:00:52 UTC
SHA-256: 97243bfbcafaa8ec…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/stability-ai/stability-ai-acceptable-use-policy/provision/CA-P-065270/ban-on-subliminal-or-manipulative-ai-techniques/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Stability AI's Ban on Subliminal or Manipulative AI Techniques clause do?

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.

How does this clause affect you?

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.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 217 platforms. See the full comparison.

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