AI Policy

The Great Recap · Last updated: June 24, 2026

This AI Policy explains how The Great Recap uses artificial intelligence (“AI”), what content is sent to model providers, and what you should expect from AI-generated results. It supplements our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. By using AI-powered features, you acknowledge this policy.

Plain-language commitment. We use AI to help turn your photos and memories into a printed keepsake. We do not use your uploads or prompts to train our own machine-learning models. The third-party providers that power the models apply their own technical, safety, and retention rules — see sections 3 and 7.

1. What AI is used for

Generative AI in The Great Recap is used to:

Generate cover art (front and back) from your chosen style, title, and the moments in your recap.
Generate interior pages from your uploaded photos, dates, captions, and layout choices.
Compose text such as page headlines, captions, and story copy based on the details you provide.
Offer optional suggestions (for example, titles or message ideas) when you opt into assistive features.

These calls are made from Supabase Edge Functions using server-side API credentials — our provider keys are never exposed in your browser.

2. How generation works

When you trigger a generation step, the relevant content is packaged and sent securely to one or more AI providers, and the result is returned to your browser for review. You can regenerate or edit prompts and re-run steps until you are happy, then approve the final proof for printing.

3. Model providers

We use reputable third-party AI services to generate text and images, which may include providers such as OpenAI (text), Perplexity (research-assisted text), and an image-generation provider that routes requests to underlying image models. Providers may change as we improve the product. Each provider’s own terms, safety filters, logging, and regional availability apply in addition to this policy.

4. What we send to AI systems

Inputs are limited to what the creative task requires. Examples include:

Photos you uploaded (and generated intermediates where a multi-step pipeline requires them).
Text you wrote or approved, such as the recap title, dates, captions, story excerpts, and any custom message.
Structured choices such as recap type, art style, layout, and format.

Do not paste secrets, financial account numbers, government ID numbers, health records, or confidential material into prompts or captions.

5. Outputs and quality

AI output can be wrong, incomplete, or inconsistent between pages. You are responsible for reviewing text and imagery before approving your proof for print.
Generated art may include artifacts or misspellings in embedded lettering, and likenesses are stylized interpretations rather than exact reproductions.
AI features may be rate-limited, temporarily unavailable, or changed as we upgrade models — behavior can shift between sessions.

6. Training and learning

We do not use your photos, prompts, or book content to train proprietary The Great Recap models. Model weights are maintained by upstream vendors. Whether a vendor may use API traffic under its own terms for model improvement is governed by that vendor’s policies and the tier we subscribe to; we select privacy-appropriate configurations where available, but you should assume vendor-side systems may process requests according to their own documentation.

7. Vendor-side retention

We do not control upstream logging in detail. Providers may retain prompts, outputs, or safety telemetry for abuse prevention, billing, or compliance. For the most accurate description of vendor retention, consult the relevant provider’s current AI API documentation.

8. Your responsibilities

You must have the rights and consent needed for any photo or likeness you upload, including permission from identifiable people where required.
You must not use the service to generate illegal, harassing, hateful, sexually explicit content involving minors, deceptive impersonation, or non-consensual intimate imagery or text.
You remain responsible for compliance with copyright and trademark law when referencing brands, celebrities, or third-party works.

9. Automated decision-making

The Great Recap does not use AI to make legally significant, solely automated decisions about you (such as credit, employment, or housing eligibility). It is a creative tool.

10. Changes

We may update models, providers, or this policy. Continued use after the “Last updated” date above constitutes acceptance of the revised policy where permitted by law. Material changes to privacy-related commitments are handled consistent with our Privacy Policy.

11. Contact

Questions about AI processing: hello@thegreatrecap.com (subject line “AI Policy”).