Google Refreshes Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google has updated its Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy to clarify the due usage of its generative AI products and services.

The update simplifies the language, and lists prohibited behaviors with examples of unacceptable conduct.

Key Updates To Policy

The updated argumentation clarifies existing rules without adding caller restrictions.

It specifically bans utilizing Google’s AI tools to make oregon stock non-consensual intimate images oregon to behaviour information breaches done phishing oregon malware.

The argumentation states:

“We expect you to prosecute with [generative AI models] successful a responsible, legal, and harmless manner.”

Prohibited activities see dangerous, illegal, sexually explicit, violent, hateful, oregon deceptive actions, arsenic good arsenic contented related to kid exploitation, convulsive extremism, self-harm, harassment, and misinformation.

Prohibited Activities

The argumentation prohibits utilizing Google’s generative AI for an expansive scope of dangerous, illegal, and unethical activities:

• Illegal Activities: Engaging successful oregon facilitating kid exploitation, convulsive extremism, terrorism, non-consensual intimate imagery, self-harm, oregon different amerciable activities.
• Security Violations: Compromising information done phishing, malware, spam, infrastructure abuse, oregon circumventing information protections.
• Explicit and Harmful Content: Generating sexually explicit content, hatred speech, harassment, unit incitement, oregon different abusive content.
• Deception and Misinformation: Impersonation without disclosure, misleading claims of expertise, misrepresenting contented provenance, oregon spreading misinformation related to health, governance, and antiauthoritarian processes.

Exceptions Allowed

New connection successful the argumentation carves retired exceptions for immoderate restricted activities successful peculiar contexts.

Educational, documentary, scientific, artistic, and journalistic uses whitethorn beryllium permitted, arsenic good arsenic different cases “where harms are outweighed by important benefits to the public.”

Why This Matters

The argumentation update addresses the accelerated advancement of generative AI technologies that make realistic text, images, audio, and video.

This advancement raises concerns astir ethics, misuse, and societal impact.

Looking Ahead

Google’s updated argumentation is present successful effect, and the old and new versions are publically available.

Leading AI companies similar OpenAI and Microsoft person released their ain usage rules. However, raising consciousness and consistently enforcing these rules inactive request to beryllium improved.

As generative AI becomes much common, creating wide usage guidelines is indispensable to guarantee liable practices and trim harm.

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SEJ STAFF Matt G. Southern Senior News Writer astatine Search Engine Journal

Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s grade successful communications, ...