We want everyone to be able to use our API safely and responsibly. To that end, we've created use-case and content policies. By following them, you'll help us make sure that our technology is used for good.

If we discover that your product doesn't follow these policies, we'll ask you to make necessary changes. If you don't comply, we may take further action, including terminating your account.

We prohibit building products that target the following use-cases:

Illegal or harmful industries

Includes gambling, payday lending, illegal substances, pseudo-pharmaceuticals, multi-level marketing, weapons development, warfare, cybercrime, adult industries, spam, and non-consensual surveillance.

Misuse of personal data

Includes classifying people based on protected characteristics, mining sensitive information without appropriate consent, products that claim to accurately predict behavior based on dubious evidence.

Promoting dishonesty

Includes testimonial generation, product or service review generation, educational dishonesty, contract cheating, astroturfing.

Deceiving or manipulating users

Includes automated phone calls that sound human, a romantic chatbot that emotionally manipulates end-users, automated systems (including conversational AI and chatbots) that don’t disclose that they are an AI system, or products that simulate another person without their explicit consent.

Trying to influence politics

Includes generating political fundraising emails, or classifying people in order to deliver targeted political messages.

The following set of use cases carry a greater risk of potential harm: criminal justice, law enforcement, legal, government and civil services, healthcare, therapy, wellness, coaching, finance, news. For these use-cases, you must:

  1. Thoroughly test our models for accuracy in your use case and be transparent with your users about limitations
  2. Ensure your team has domain expertise and understands/follows relevant laws

We also don't allow you or end-users of your application to generate the following types of content:

Hate

Content that expresses, incites, or promotes hate based on identity

Harassment

Content that intends to harass, threaten, or bully an individual

Violence

Content that promotes or glorifies violence or celebrates the suffering or humiliation of others

Self-harm

Content that promotes, encourages, or depicts acts of self-harm, such as suicide, cutting, and eating disorders

Sexual

Content meant to arouse sexual excitement, such as the description of sexual activity, or that promotes sexual services (excluding sex education and wellness)

Political

Content attempting to influence the political process or to be used for campaigning purposes

Spam

Unsolicited bulk content

Deception

Content that is false or misleading, such as attempting to defraud individuals or spread disinformation

Malware

Content that attempts to generate ransomware, keyloggers, viruses, or other software intended to impose some level of harm

You can use our free moderation endpoint and safety best practices to help you keep your app safe.