Agentic AI guidelines represent a forward-looking regulatory posture that directly anticipates EU AI Act autonomous system requirements and reflects the novel risks of AI systems that act in the world rather than simply generating text.
OpenAI
· GPT-4o System Card (PDF)
As AI agents become more capable of taking real-world actions, the consequences of model errors or misuse become more significant and harder to reverse, and this provision acknowledges that current safety measures are not sufficient to guarantee safe autonomous operation.
Windsurf
· Windsurf Security & Data Handling
The auto-run mode, which executes arbitrary terminal commands including binary execution and infrastructure inspection without per-command user approval, represents a significant operational security consideration for individual users who enable it.
Agentic AI systems that can take real-world actions (browsing the web, executing code, managing files, interacting with external services) create qualitatively different risks than conversational AI, and the existence of dedicated guidelines signals that Anthropic recognizes this distinction.
Apple
· Apple App Store Review Guidelines
Accurate age ratings protect minors from accessing inappropriate content, but inaccurate ratings are also a primary vector for circumventing COPPA and children's privacy protections in apps that attract young users.
Google
· Google Terms of Service
This clause makes parents and guardians legally responsible for their minor child's activity on all Google services — including any content posted, purchases made, or violations committed — which has significant financial and legal implications for families.
The mechanism for parental consent is not further specified in the visible document text, which raises questions about whether any affirmative verification occurs or whether parents are simply expected to oversee their children's use.
Google
· Google Terms of Service
The terms place responsibility for a minor's use of Google services on the parent or legal guardian who permits that use. The minimum age varies by country and is not specified as a single global threshold in this excerpt.
Runway
· Runway Terms of Service
The minimum age of 13 means Runway's AI generation tools, which can produce a wide range of content, are accessible to minors who self-certify their age, with parental consent required but not actively verified.
Parents and guardians who allow their children to use Midjourney are bound by all Terms — including the arbitration clause and indemnification obligations — and are financially and legally responsible for their child's use.
The agreement sets a minimum age of 13 and defers to each country's digital consent age, but relies on self-attestation for compliance; parents who permit minors to use the service accept contractual liability for the minor's activity.
The provision establishes minimum age thresholds consistent with COPPA (US) and GDPR Article 8 (EU), but relies on user self-representation rather than active age verification, which may be insufficient to satisfy regulatory requirements in some jurisdictions.
Setting the minimum age at 16 rather than 13 means Headspace goes beyond COPPA's requirements but must still ensure effective age verification, particularly given the sensitive mental health data the platform collects.
This provision is designed to exclude minors from the platform, protecting Glassdoor from COPPA obligations, but it relies solely on self-certification with no verification mechanism described.
Groq collects information from website visitors, and the 18+ age gate triggers COPPA compliance obligations if minors can access the site, requiring specific parental consent mechanisms.
Parents and guardians should be aware that the service is restricted to adults, and the platform generates AI content that may be entirely unsuitable for minors.
The platform handles sensitive personal data and facilitates connections between adults; the presence of minors creates significant safety and legal risks that the terms attempt to address through prohibition.
Ancestry
· Ancestry Terms and Conditions
Ancestry deals with genetic and sensitive family data, and setting the age limit at 18 (rather than COPPA's 13) reflects the sensitivity of the data involved and limits the company's regulatory exposure.
This provision creates legal exposure if minors access the service, and parental liability questions arise in jurisdictions where minors are found to be using the wallet to trade crypto assets.
The 18+ requirement and age verification process directly affect the type of personal data collected during onboarding, including biometric-adjacent selfie data, and create legal obligations around age assurance under UK and EU regulations.
Lime
· Lime Terms of Service
Minors who use the service in violation of this age restriction do so outside the contract's terms, which may affect their legal protections and the enforceability of parental liability under applicable law.
DoorDash places the responsibility on users to self-certify their age for both platform access and alcohol purchases; there is no described age verification mechanism for minors beyond a self-representation.
Placing orders for age-restricted items like alcohol or tobacco through Instacart requires you to be of legal age, and presenting false age information creates legal liability for the user.
Minors cannot independently consent to genetic testing under these terms; parental or guardian consent is required. This is a significant protection given the lifelong and familial implications of genetic data, though the adequacy of parental consent mechanisms for minors' genetic data varies by jurisdiction.
This provision establishes Nintendo's COPPA compliance posture for the main websites and places responsibility on parents to monitor and report unauthorized child data collection.
Children's data is subject to heightened legal protections under COPPA in the US, and the policy's reliance on a self-declaration model means the enforcement of this restriction depends primarily on users accurately reporting their age.
Figma
· Figma Privacy Policy
If a minor under the applicable age threshold uses Figma, any personal data collected may be improperly processed, and parents or guardians should be aware of the age restrictions and Figma's deletion commitments.
This provision establishes Walmart's stated COPPA compliance posture but does not describe a verified age-gating mechanism; the agreement relies on users self-certifying their age rather than a technical enforcement mechanism.
Suno
· Suno Privacy Policy
If minors under 13 access the platform, COPPA requires parental consent for data collection; parents of teen users aged 13-17 should be aware that their children's creative prompts and activity data may be collected and used for AI model training.
Children under 13 using Grammarly — including for school assignments — are not covered by the service's terms, and any data collected from them could be subject to regulatory action.