What each AI chat's usage policy actually forbids

Usage policies

• Sexual content with minors: Prohibited “child sexual abuse material (CSAM), whether or not any portion is AI generated”
• Explicit content between adults: Not mentioned *
• Weapons of mass harm: Prohibited “weapons development, procurement, or use, including conventional weapons or CBRNE”
• Malware and hacking: Prohibited “malicious or abusive cyber activity”
• Hate and harassment: Prohibited * “threats, intimidation, harassment, or defamation”
• Encouraging self-harm: Prohibited “suicide, self-harm, or disordered eating promotion or facilitation”
• Political campaigning: Prohibited “political campaigning, lobbying, foreign or domestic election interference, or demobilization activities”
• Medical, legal or financial advice: Prohibited * “provision of tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice”

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Usage Policy (Acceptable Use Policy)

• Sexual content with minors: Prohibited “Fetishize or sexualize minors, including in fictional settings or via roleplay with the model”
• Explicit content between adults: Prohibited “Depict or request sexual intercourse or sex acts”
• Weapons of mass harm: Prohibited “Synthesize, or otherwise develop, high-yield explosives or biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear weapons”
• Malware and hacking: Prohibited “Create or distribute malware, ransomware, or other types of malicious code”
• Hate and harassment: Prohibited “Incite, facilitate, or promote violent extremism, terrorism, or hateful behavior”
• Encouraging self-harm: Prohibited “Facilitate, promote, or glamorize any form of suicide or self-harm”
• Political campaigning: Restricted * “Engage in personalized vote or campaign targeting based on individual profiles or data”
• Medical, legal or financial advice: Restricted * “a qualified professional in that field must review the content or decision”

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Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy

• Sexual content with minors: Prohibited “Relates to child sexual abuse or exploitation.”
• Explicit content between adults: Prohibited * “Sexually explicit content -- for example, content created for the purpose of pornography”
• Weapons of mass harm: Not mentioned *
• Malware and hacking: Prohibited “Spam, phishing, or malware.”
• Hate and harassment: Prohibited “Hatred or hate speech.”
• Encouraging self-harm: Prohibited “Facilitates self-harm.”
• Political campaigning: Restricted * “Facilitating misleading claims related to governmental or democratic processes”
• Medical, legal or financial advice: Restricted * “automated decisions that have a material detrimental impact on individual rights without human supervision”

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Microsoft Copilot Supplemental Terms of Use (Code of Conduct) + Microsoft Services Agreement s.3 Code of Conduct; Microsoft Digital Safety Policies

• Sexual content with minors: Prohibited “child sexual exploitation or abuse material”
• Explicit content between adults: Prohibited “create or share adult content, violence or gore, hateful content”
• Weapons of mass harm: Not mentioned *
• Malware and hacking: Prohibited “try to generate or distribute malware”
• Hate and harassment: Prohibited “communicating hate speech”
• Encouraging self-harm: Prohibited * “glorification of violence or suicide”
• Political campaigning: Restricted * “prohibits the creation or dissemination of deceptive generative AI election content”
• Medical, legal or financial advice: Restricted * “Do not use Copilot as a substitute for professional advice.”

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Meta AIs Terms of Service (Acceptable Uses)

• Sexual content with minors: Prohibited “supports, or distributes in any form child sexual abuse materials”
• Explicit content between adults: Prohibited “adult content, such as erotic chat, pornography, and content meant to arouse sexual excitement”
• Weapons of mass harm: Prohibited * “including in relation to illegal drugs, weapons, or self-harm”
• Malware and hacking: Prohibited * “scams, phishing or malware”
• Hate and harassment: Prohibited * “discrimination, bullying, humiliation, and/or other emotional harms”
• Encouraging self-harm: Prohibited “content that may harm other individuals, including to encourage self-harm”
• Political campaigning: Prohibited * “other regulated activities (including but not limited to political campaigning or lobbying)”
• Medical, legal or financial advice: Prohibited * “Solicit professional advice (including but not limited to medical, psychological, financial, or legal advice)”

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SpaceXAI Acceptable Use Policy

• Sexual content with minors: Prohibited “Sexualizing or exploiting children”
• Explicit content between adults: Restricted * “Depicting likenesses of persons in a pornographic manner”
• Weapons of mass harm: Prohibited * “Develop bioweapons, chemical weapons, or weapons of mass destruction”
• Malware and hacking: Prohibited “Engaging in espionage, hacking, defrauding, defaming, scamming, or spamming”
• Hate and harassment: Not mentioned *
• Encouraging self-harm: Prohibited * “Critically harming or promoting critically harming human life”
• Political campaigning: Not mentioned
• Medical, legal or financial advice: Restricted * “Operating in a regulated industry without complying with those regulations”

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Usage Policy

• Sexual content with minors: Prohibited “Mistral AI has a zero tolerance policy regarding CSAM”
• Explicit content between adults: Not mentioned *
• Weapons of mass harm: Prohibited * “activities with high-risk of physical harm, such as weapons development”
• Malware and hacking: Prohibited “This includes creating malware and exploiting vulnerabilities.”
• Hate and harassment: Prohibited “You shall not use our Mistral AI Products to promote hate, discrimination, or harassment”
• Encouraging self-harm: Prohibited “generate content that promotes, encourages, or provides instructions for self-harm or suicide”
• Political campaigning: Restricted * “undermines the integrity of a civic or political process”
• Medical, legal or financial advice: Prohibited “to provide professional advice without proper qualification”

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DeepSeek Terms of Use (s.3.4-3.6 prohibited conduct; s.5 AI-generated content)

• Sexual content with minors: Prohibited * “exploits, harms, or attempts to exploit or harm minors”
• Explicit content between adults: Prohibited “is pornographic, obscene, or sexually explicit (e.g., sexual chatbots)”
• Weapons of mass harm: Not mentioned *
• Malware and hacking: Prohibited “intentionally generating, spreading malicious programs or viruses”
• Hate and harassment: Prohibited “is hateful, defamatory, offensive, abusive, tortious or vulgar”
• Encouraging self-harm: Not mentioned *
• Political campaigning: Not mentioned
• Medical, legal or financial advice: Restricted * “You should NOT treat any Outputs as professional advice.”

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