1. Do not threaten child safety.
For example, this includes accessing or using our Services to:
a) Create, distribute or promote sexually explicit material involving minors, or otherwise facilitate or promote the exploitation or sexualization of children, including minor grooming, nudity, or use of any material designed to impersonate a minor. We report material containing apparent child sexual abuse material to the relevant authorities and organizations where required by law or as we may otherwise deem appropriate in our reasonable discretion.
b) Create, distribute, or share age-inappropriate material, including material that targets minors and promotes sexual material, graphic violence, obscenity, or other mature themes.
c) Facilitate or promote child abuse or exploitation in any form.
d) Facilitate or otherwise contribute to cyberbullying or harassment of any minor, including without limitation by creating, distributing, or sharing material that shames, humiliates, bullies, or celebrates the suffering of any minor, or material that threatens a minor with bullying or harassment.
2. Do not engage in illegal behavior.
For example, this includes accessing or using our Services to:
a) Infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate another party’s intellectual-property rights.
b) Violate another party’s privacy rights, as defined under applicable law.
c) Create or facilitate the exchange of illegal goods, services, or substances, including, without limitation, material that promotes or facilitates transactions in illegal drugs,firearms or explosive weapons, weapon development, other dangerous materials, counterfeit or deceptive goods or services, human trafficking, or sexual services.
3. Do not use the Services to facilitate activities that may significantly affect the wellbeing of others.
For example, this includes accessing or using our Services (including without limitation using Conversational AI to power AI agents) to:
a) Engage in or facilitate the use, acquisition, or exchange of regulated drugs or other controlled goods and services, including advertising, medical advice, or providing instructions on their production, without our prior written authorization in each instance. This includes without limitation the marketing or provision of alcohol, tobacco products, controlled substances, prescription medications, recreational drugs, supplements, herbal remedies, and medical devices.
b) Provide tailored professional advice without (i) a qualified professional in that field reviewing the Output before it is made available to a consumer or the general public, and (ii) clear disclosure regarding the use and limitations of AI. This includes without limitation:
• Financial advice or services, including lending services and cryptocurrency trading;
• Legal services, including the issuance of legal interpretations or guidance; and
• Health or medical advice, including diagnosis, treatment, and mental-health services.
c) Facilitate real-money gambling activities or payday lending.
d) Engage in or facilitate high-stakes automated decision-making that may affect an individual’s wellbeing.
To request approval per (a) above, please contact us here. Customers/users shall ensure all such uses comply with applicable law.
4. Do not engage in fraudulent, predatory, or abusive practices.
For example, this includes accessing or using our Services to:
a) Manipulate or deceive others in any manner likely to cause harm, including efforts to gain unauthorized access to non-public information such as credit-card details, bank-account numbers, social-security numbers, health data, or other sensitive information.
b) Defraud others, including via financial or other scams.
c) Evade product guardrails, including voice-verification mechanisms such as Voice CAPTCHA.
d) Engage in or facilitate unauthorized robocalling, meaning the use of automated dialing systems or artificial or pre-recorded voice messages to place phone calls without direct human intervention.
e) Promote or facilitate the generation or distribution of spam.
5. Do not engage in unauthorized, deceptive, or harmful impersonation.
For example, this includes creating or using my-buddy audio output to intentionally replicate the voice of another person:
a) Without consent or legal right, including to take unauthorized action on behalf of such individual;
b) In a way that harasses or causes harm to that person, including via unauthorized sexualization;
c) In a manner intended to deceive others about whether the voice was generated by artificial intelligence.
6. Do not engage in voter suppression, candidate impersonation, or political campaigning in the context of elections.
For example, this includes accessing or using our Services to:
a) Incite, engage in, or facilitate voter suppression or other disruption of electoral or civic processes, including by creating, distributing, or facilitating the spread of misleading information.
b) Impersonate political candidates or elected government officials, regardless of whether authorization was obtained.
c) Engage in political campaigning, including promoting or advocating for a particular candidate, issue, or position, or soliciting votes or financial contributions.
7. Do not engage in unauthorized network access or surveillance or otherwise threaten the security, availability, or integrity of any network or system.
For example, this includes accessing or using our Services to:
a) Attempt to obtain unauthorized access to computer systems and networks, or to facilitate the disruption of critical infrastructure.
b) Facilitate the creation or use of malware or other harmful code, including spyware or other unauthorized means of monitoring individuals.
8. Do not create violent, hateful, or harassing material outside of fictional contexts.
For example, this includes accessing or using our Services to:
a) Create, distribute, or engage in violent threats, extremism, or terrorism, including material that threatens, incites, or promotes violence against an individual or group.
b) Promote or facilitate human trafficking, sexual violence, or other exploitation.
c) Discriminate based on protected characteristics, including race, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, or physical ability.
d) Promote or facilitate harassment, including material that threatens, intimidates, or celebrates the suffering of individuals or groups.
e) Promote or facilitate self-harm, including suicide or eating disorders.
f) Create, promote, or facilitate the spread of misinformation, including denying the existence of specific health conditions and other medical misinformation.
g) Promote or facilitate the use of harassing debt-collection practices.
(This section does not apply to purely fictional contexts or reporting on newsworthy activity.)
9. Do not use our Services in any manner contrary to my-buddy’s policies, purpose, or mission.
This includes—but is not limited to—the various commercial, technical, and legal restrictions set out in the original policy.