Local first
The product is being designed so sensitive documentary material can remain on the filmmaker’s Mac.
Your material
is not the product.
Documentary projects can contain vulnerable testimony, unfinished reporting, and relationships built on trust. Privacy is part of the filmmaking craft, not a settings-page afterthought.
On-device understanding
Where supported, language understanding happens with Apple’s on-device foundation models rather than a remote AI service.
Visible provenance
Generated suggestions remain distinct from source text and user-approved records. Every useful insight should lead back to evidence.
Honest uncertainty
The app may show that two sources disagree. It will not label a participant truthful, deceptive, or unreliable.
Portable work
The filmmaker’s research should leave cleanly through practical exports instead of being trapped in a proprietary cloud.
These are product-design commitments for an application in development, not a final legal privacy policy. A complete policy will be published before release.
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