What we block, and why
Most services describe their limits vaguely enough that you find the boundary by hitting it. Here is the whole list.
1. Sexual content involving minors
Absolutely, on every setting, with no configuration that relaxes it. Attempts are recorded and accounts are actioned. This is about the age of the person depicted and is entirely separate from the age of our users.
2. Sexual imagery of real, identifiable people
Non-consensual intimate imagery. Required by the TAKE IT DOWN Act and state NCII statutes. A label does not cure this, so it is a refusal rather than a disclosure.
3. Instructions for serious crimes, and true threats
The ordinary illegal-content floor. Fiction, history and journalism are not covered by this — a war film scene is not a threat.
4. Sexual content generally
Not a legal requirement, a product decision: this is not an adult service. It is compiled out of the software rather than switched off, so no setting can enable it.
Labelled, not refused: depictions of real people
A synthetic image of a real, identifiable person is allowed and carries a small AI-generated label. Whether such an image is satire, comment or deception is not a judgement we make — but a viewer is entitled to know it was generated, and disclosure is what the relevant statutes ask for.
Everything else is a setting, not a decision we made
Mature, graphic, political and otherwise difficult subject matter is governed by the profile on your account rather than by us. Set it strictly for a shared or family machine; open it up for professional work that needs the latitude. You can change it at any time, and the page you are reading tells you exactly where the fixed limits are.
Common questions
- Can I turn off the four blocks?
- No. Three are legal requirements and the fourth is compiled out of the software. There is no configuration path that enables any of them.
- Is the tool politically biased?
- It is tested against bias directly. Mirrored prompts from opposing sides of political, religious and identity debates must receive identical treatment, and the test suite fails the build if they do not.
- Who decides what counts as blocked?
- The list above is the whole of it. Everything else is a setting on your account.
How your files are handled
Everything is processed on hardware we own and operate — your prompts and photos are never sent to a third-party AI service. Uploads are deleted as soon as the job finishes, and results are erased automatically after a short retention period. Download anything you want to keep.