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Prohibited Uses and Content Restrictions

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What it is

You cannot use Together AI's platform to break laws, infringe third-party rights, create harmful content, bypass safety filters, or build competing AI products.

This analysis describes what Together AI's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

These restrictions define the scope of permitted use and violations may result in immediate account termination without notice, as authorized elsewhere in the agreement.

Interpretive note: The scope of the prohibition on developing competing products is not defined in the document, creating ambiguity about which downstream use cases by developers and enterprise customers may be restricted.

Change history

removed May 21, 2026

This comprehensive prohibited uses clause was replaced with a more limited Acceptable Use Policy reference, notably removing the explicit prohibition on circumventing safety measures and developing competing products.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users who violate the prohibited use provisions, including by attempting to bypass safety measures or generating prohibited content categories, may have their accounts terminated immediately without recourse under the agreement's termination clause.

How other platforms handle this

NotebookLM Medium

You may not use our generative AI features to generate content or engage in activities that violate our Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy. You're responsible for your use of generative AI features and any content you create, including ensuring that such use and content complies with applicable law...

Amazon Medium

You may not use, or facilitate or allow others to use, the Services or AWS Site: in a way that violates any applicable law or regulation; to engage in, promote, facilitate or encourage illegal activity; to threaten, incite, promote, or actively encourage violence, terrorism, other serious harm; or i...

Udemy Medium

You are solely responsible for the content that you post, upload, or otherwise make available through the Services. Udemy may, in its sole discretion, remove or disable access to any content that violates these Terms or that Udemy determines, in its sole discretion, is otherwise objectionable.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You may not use the Services to: (a) violate any applicable law or regulation; (b) infringe the intellectual property or other rights of any third party; (c) generate or distribute content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable; (d) attempt to circumvent any content filtering or safety measures implemented by Together AI; (e) use the Services to develop competing products or services.

— Excerpt from Together AI's Together AI Terms of Service

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Prohibitions on illegal content and intellectual property infringement align with requirements under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, federal and state criminal statutes, and potentially the EU Digital Services Act for EU-facing operations. The prohibition on circumventing content filtering may engage the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The prohibition on using the services to develop competing products is a standard but potentially broad restriction that may affect developers and enterprise customers building AI-adjacent products. The scope of what constitutes a 'competing product' is not defined in the terms. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU users are subject to additional content regulation requirements under the Digital Services Act and, for AI applications, the EU AI Act, which may impose obligations beyond the contractual prohibitions stated here. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise and developer customers building products on top of Together AI's API should assess whether their intended use cases fall within the permitted use parameters, particularly regarding the competing products prohibition and content generation restrictions. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations deploying Together AI in enterprise or production contexts should implement internal use policies consistent with these restrictions and establish monitoring procedures to detect prohibited use by their own users or employees.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has authority over platform practices related to consumer protection and may evaluate whether content restriction enforcement practices are consistent with disclosed terms.
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Applicable regulations

California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA

Provision details

Document information
Document
Together AI Terms of Service
Entity
Together AI
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 30, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-011680
Document ID
CA-D-00477
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
63f8dca020e889c8ab76df9e47ac196882a8627d9205ebdeef9e8f419a6afb27
Analysis generated
April 30, 2026 07:40 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Together AI
Document: Together AI Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-011680
Captured: 2026-04-30 07:40:43 UTC
SHA-256: 63f8dca020e889c8…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/together-ai/together-ai-terms-of-service/prohibited-uses-and-content-restrictions/
Accessed: June 27, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Together AI's Prohibited Uses and Content Restrictions clause do?

These restrictions define the scope of permitted use and violations may result in immediate account termination without notice, as authorized elsewhere in the agreement.

How does this clause affect you?

Users who violate the prohibited use provisions, including by attempting to bypass safety measures or generating prohibited content categories, may have their accounts terminated immediately without recourse under the agreement's termination clause.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 1 platforms. See the full comparison.

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