> According to Chrome's documentation, to use the prompt API you must 'acknowledge' Google's Generative AI Prohibited Uses Policy. Elements of this policy go beyond law. For example:

>> Do not engage … generating or distributing content that facilitates … Sexually explicit content Do not engage in misinformation, misrepresentation, or misleading activities. This includes … Facilitating misleading claims related to governmental or democratic processes

> This seems like a bad direction for an API on the web platform, and sets a worrying precedent for more APIs that have UA-specific rules around usage.

I will say this more strongly—I think it is completely insane, and a violation of free expression principles, for a browser API to have content restrictions.

Agreed. Maybe Google will propose a CSS text formatting property that cannot be used on paragraphs that are critical of the US administration.

Like, that sounds daft, but it's not really far from what they're doing here.

Why is Google doing this? They would need to moderate the use of the API, right? What they could gain having to moderate use of a browser's API?