Trust

Evidence scale (A–F)

Every claim is graded on the strength of the evidence behind it, not on how confidently it reads. Grades are rubric-based heuristics from a single model pass — treat them as a starting point for your own verification, not a guarantee.

Evidence grade: A

Strong — multiple authoritative sources agree

Evidence grade: B

Solid — one strong source or consistent secondary sources

Evidence grade: C

Moderate — mixed-quality, generally consistent

Evidence grade: D

Limited — single or lower-authority source

Evidence grade: E

Weak — tangential or partially conflicting evidence

Evidence grade: F

Unsupported — speculative or contradicted by evidence

Source policy

• Sources come from a configured search provider (Brave Search, Exa, or a deterministic mock fixture set when no API key is configured).
• Retrieved content is treated as untrusted data — the system prompt explicitly instructs the model to ignore any instructions embedded in source text.
• The model may only cite sources that were actually retrieved. Claims whose citations don’t resolve to a real source are dropped before you see them.
• If evidence is thin or contradictory, the system says so and lowers its confidence rather than guessing.

Aion conversations

• Chats with Aion are logged for evaluation during this early release: message text, your grades (Helpful / Off-register / Doctrine break), and timing/token statistics.
• Sessions key on the same salted hash as search — never your raw IP or user agent. Aion has no memory between conversations.
• To have a logged conversation removed, ask the operator — note the approximate date and time of the chat. Removal requests are honored.
• Please don’t share sensitive personal details in an early release — Aion will tell you the same if you ask.

Privacy

• No accounts. No sign-in required.
• Query logs (when a database is configured) key on a salted SHA-256 hash of your IP and user agent — never the raw values.
• This is a Phase 1 early release: answer pages are marked noindex — only the home, doors, About, and Trust pages are open to search discovery.