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Stability AI · Stability AI Acceptable Use Policy · View original document ↗

Ban on Biometric-Based Sensitive Category Inference

High confidence Common · 211 of 343 platforms

Key Facts · in the document’s own words

What does Stability AI prohibit regarding biometric data?
“categorizing people based on their biometric data to infer their race, political opinion, trade union membership, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life or sexual orientation.”
Version CA-V-006270, captured Sept. 1, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
Stability AI prohibits categorizing people based on their biometric data to infer their race, political opinion, trade union membership, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, or sexual orientation.
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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

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This prohibition directly restricts one of the most invasive applications of AI—using physical or behavioral measurements to infer characteristics that are legally and socially sensitive in most jurisdictions.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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Users and developers are prohibited from deploying Stability AI technology to perform biometric-based inference of the listed sensitive personal categories.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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categorizing people based on their biometric data to infer their race, political opinion, trade union membership, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life or sexual orientation.

Excerpt from Stability AI's Acceptable Use Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Stability AI Acceptable Use Policy
Entity
Stability AI
Date stated by the document
Sept. 30, 2026
As printed in Stability AI’s text (version CA-V-006270), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
May 11, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-006270, captured Sept. 1, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-065276
Document ID
CA-D-000772
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-006270)
dfa8ef04fba5b51083ffcc1161de4efa1b861862d239b07258abcc1f096c1737
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 13:00 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-006270, captured Sept. 1, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Stability AI
Document: Stability AI Acceptable Use Policy
Record ID: CA-P-065276
Version: CA-V-006270
Captured: 2026-09-01 00:50:50 UTC
SHA-256: dfa8ef04fba5b510…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/stability-ai/stability-ai-acceptable-use-policy/provision/CA-P-065276/ban-on-biometric-based-sensitive-category-inference/
Accessed: Oct. 25, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Stability AI's Ban on Biometric-Based Sensitive Category Inference clause do?

This prohibition directly restricts one of the most invasive applications of AI—using physical or behavioral measurements to infer characteristics that are legally and socially sensitive in most jurisdictions.

How does this clause affect you?

Users and developers are prohibited from deploying Stability AI technology to perform biometric-based inference of the listed sensitive personal categories.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 211 platforms. See the full comparison.

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