AI on Grumle

Grumle uses AI carefully and transparently.

AI is a tool, not an authority.

Ethical Use of AI

Artificial intelligence is often used to maximise attention, spending, and engagement.

Across many platforms, algorithms are designed to keep people scrolling, clicking, or returning more often than they intended. For people vulnerable to addiction, this can quietly reinforce harmful patterns rather than interrupt them.

Grumle takes a different approach.

AI on Grumle is not designed to increase engagement, drive spending, or keep people online longer. It is not optimised for profit, advertising, or behaviour manipulation.

Instead, AI is used only where it reduces harm.

On Grumle, AI may help with reflection, organisation, and gentle prompts. It may help surface patterns in a person’s own words, or assist moderators by flagging potential risks for human review.

AI on Grumle does not attempt to influence desire, urgency, or impulse.
It does not promote substances, behaviours, or outcomes.
It does not push content designed to trigger craving, outrage, or reward-seeking.

Importantly, AI does not replace people.

Human connection, peer support, and personal agency come first. AI is a support tool, not a guide, authority, or driver of behaviour.

Grumle exists in direct contrast to platforms that profit from addiction.
Our use of AI is intentionally limited, transparent, and optional.

The goal is not more engagement.
The goal is safer reflection, clearer thinking, and reduced harm.

What AI is used for

AI may help check content before it gets posted and suggest edits, to support safety and platform boundaries.

AI may help with:

  • gentle daily nudges
  • private reflection
  • organising thoughts
  • moderation support

All user-facing AI features are optional.

AI may be used in the background to support moderation and safety, without interacting directly with users.

What AI does not do

AI does not:

  • diagnose
  • give medical or legal advice
  • replace human support
  • tell you what you “should” do
  • pressure you to engage

AI is designed to support recovery, not drive dependency.

Consent and control

  • AI support is opt-in (opt-out by default)
  • You can opt out again at any time
  • You stay in control of what you share

User-facing features that use AI will be clearly labelled.

Human-first approach

Recovery happens through human connection and lived experience.

AI exists to support that, not to replace it.