Cohere
· Cohere Responsible Use Policy
This provision establishes an unconditional prohibition with no operator-level override permitted, and violation would constitute a breach of the AUP as well as potentially criminal conduct under applicable law in most jurisdictions.
Cohere
· Cohere Responsible Use Policy
This provision covers both the creation of offensive tools and their potential deployment against critical infrastructure, meaning operators in cybersecurity contexts must assess whether legitimate security research or penetration testing use cases could be construed as prohibited.
Cohere
· Cohere Responsible Use Policy
This provision addresses a category of AI-generated harm increasingly regulated at the state and national level, and operators building image or video generation applications on Cohere's API must implement controls to prevent this use regardless of user requests.
The prohibited use clause establishes absolute restrictions on harmful applications of the model. The incorporation of an external Acceptable Use Policy by reference means the full scope of restrictions extends beyond the license text itself, and users are bound by that policy without it being reproduced here.
Cohere
· Cohere Responsible Use Policy
The policy targets content that provides 'serious uplift,' meaning substantive technical assistance, rather than broadly prohibiting any discussion, which introduces an interpretive threshold that operators and compliance teams may need to operationalize in their content filtering approaches.
This provision establishes an absolute prohibition on using the AI service for weapons-related content generation, which creates clear grounds for account termination if violated and may overlap with legal obligations under export control and anti-terrorism frameworks.
This prohibition applies to all users and operators without exception and represents an absolute restriction with no operator override capability, meaning no business or personal use case authorizes this content.
This prohibition reflects both a categorical ethical restriction and a legal obligation under federal and international law; violations may constitute criminal offenses under statutes governing child sexual abuse material regardless of whether the content is AI-generated.
This is an absolute prohibition aligned with US and international law; violations may expose users to criminal liability beyond account termination.
Generation of CSAM is a criminal offense in virtually all jurisdictions, and this prohibition establishes that any such use constitutes an immediate and absolute violation of the policy with no exceptions or contextual carve-outs.
This is a categorical prohibition with no exceptions; any application or output that generates CSAM would constitute an immediate and severe breach of the Terms of Service and would independently constitute criminal conduct in virtually all jurisdictions.
This provision directly addresses synthetic media and deepfake generation, which is an area of active legislative and regulatory development in the U.S. and EU, and establishes that such use constitutes a prohibited activity under the agreement.
This prohibition covers a category of AI-generated content that is increasingly the subject of specific legislation in multiple jurisdictions, and it establishes that creating non-consensual intimate imagery or politically deceptive deepfakes using Stability AI's tools violates the policy.
Non-consensual intimate image generation is criminalized or subject to civil liability in a growing number of jurisdictions, and this prohibition establishes that producing such content using Stability AI's tools constitutes a policy violation regardless of whether the output is photorealistic.
Amazon
· AWS Acceptable Use Policy
This clause establishes the baseline operational requirements for service use by defining categories of prohibited content and activity. Enforcement of these restrictions protects the platform infrastructure and ensures compliance with legal obligations across jurisdictions.
Amazon
· AWS Acceptable Use Policy
This provision establishes the operational boundaries for AWS service use by defining categories of content that violate the acceptable use policy. The clause creates enforceable restrictions that AWS may apply to monitor, restrict, or terminate service access based on content classification.
This provision directly addresses the most prominent misuse risk of AI voice synthesis: generating convincing audio impersonations of real people for fraud, disinformation, or reputational harm. The policy states that consent is required and that deceptive intent triggers the prohibition.
Non-consensual intimate deepfakes are addressed by an expanding set of state and federal statutes, and the policy's explicit prohibition reflects the legal and reputational risks associated with this use case.
Non-consensual intimate imagery causes severe harm to depicted individuals and is addressed by an increasing number of state and federal statutes; this provision establishes Runway's policy alignment with legal prohibitions on AI-generated NCII.
This provision directly addresses one of the most significant societal risks associated with AI video and image generation tools: the creation of deceptive synthetic media depicting real individuals, including public figures and private persons.
This prohibition addresses the risk of generative AI being used to radicalize users or provide operational support for violent acts, and aligns with both platform policy norms and legal requirements in multiple jurisdictions.
OpenAI
· OpenAI Usage Policies
This prohibition applies to both direct incitement and operational assistance, covering a range of content from propaganda to logistics support for violent acts, and applies regardless of whether the requester claims an educational, journalistic, or creative purpose.
This restriction applies across all products and APIs and cannot be overridden by operator configuration, reflecting an absolute safety boundary that OpenAI's model alignment is also designed to enforce.
These enumerated categories establish the baseline content standards that all users must comply with when uploading ML models, datasets, community posts, or other content to the platform; violations are subject to immediate enforcement action.
Steam
· Steam Subscriber Agreement
This provision defines the legal basis for user access as a revocable license rather than a property right, establishing that Valve retains all ownership and control of the Software. The structure enables Valve to modify, restrict, or terminate access based on the account termination clause that follows.
This prohibition addresses national security-adjacent use cases and establishes that any attempt to use the AI for weapons development or infrastructure disruption is a policy violation subject to immediate termination and potential referral to law enforcement.
OpenAI
· OpenAI Usage Policies
This provision addresses one of the highest-risk potential misuses of generative AI, and its scope covers not just direct weapons synthesis but any assistance that provides 'serious uplift' — a term that implies a meaningful capability increase — to someone pursuing such weapons.
This is one of the absolute prohibitions in the policy, covering not just direct weapon design but also precursor development, weaponization processes, and evasion modifications, making the scope of the prohibition comprehensive.
This provision has direct relevance to user safety, particularly for minor users, and engages ongoing public and regulatory scrutiny of social and AI platforms regarding mental health content moderation obligations.