Users must be at least 13 years old to use Grok, and users aged 13 to 17 must have explicit parental or guardian permission and agreement to the Terms of Service.
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The agreement acknowledges that certain features may produce outputs involving coarse language, sexual situations, or violence, and places responsibility on parents to monitor use and configure data controls for teenage users.
The terms establish 13 as the minimum age for service access, require parental consent and agreement to Terms of Service for users aged 13 to 17, and acknowledge that certain features may produce age-inappropriate outputs. The agreement places the responsibility for configuring appropriate feature settings on parents or guardians.
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"You must be at least 13 years old or the minimum age required in your country to use the Service, and you must confirm that you meet the minimum age requirement. If you are a teenager between the ages of 13 and 17 years old, you must have your parent or legal guardian's permission to use the Service, and they must agree to our Terms of Service. While we have taken measures to limit undesirable training data and outputs, depending on the features that you choose to use, the Service could produce output that is not appropriate for all ages.Excerpt from xAI's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The minimum age of 13 and parental consent requirement engage COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act), which applies to operators of online services directed to children under 13 or where the operator …
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The agreement acknowledges that certain features may produce outputs involving coarse language, sexual situations, or violence, and places responsibility on parents to monitor use and configure data controls for teenage users.
The terms establish 13 as the minimum age for service access, require parental consent and agreement to Terms of Service for users aged 13 to 17, and acknowledge that certain features may produce age-inappropriate outputs. The agreement places the responsibility for configuring appropriate feature settings on parents or guardians.
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