Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 2, 2026

The short version

Your Mind is an AI that knows you and helps you keep up with the people in your life. Here's what that means for your information:

  • It only accesses what you connect. Your Mind can use the accounts and permissions you choose, such as Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok, iMessage, Gmail, contacts, photos, and location. It can't access accounts you haven't connected.
  • It reads and remembers. Your Mind reads your conversations in connected accounts, including messages from the people you talk to, and remembers things about you and them. You can review and delete its memories in Settings.
  • It can act for you. When you ask, or when you turn on features like auto-send, your Mind can send messages as you. It can also complete tasks on websites you've signed in to, including purchases you approve.
  • It talks to other Minds. Your Mind can message your friends' Minds. It's designed not to repeat what you tell it in confidence, but what you share can shape how it helps you and others connect.
  • We don't sell your information. We don't sell it, use it for targeted advertising, or use your content to train AI models.
  • You're in control. You can disconnect accounts, change permissions, and ask us to delete your information at any time.

Your Mind works across your conversations and with other people's Minds. Avoid telling it anything you'd never want reflected in how it talks to you or others.

About this policy

This policy explains how Authentic Intelligence Inc. ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information when you use Minds. Minds includes our websites, the Minds apps for iPhone and Mac, the Minds messaging number, voice calls, and other features that link to this policy (together, the "Service"). A "Mind" is the AI assistant the Service creates for each user, and "your Mind" means the one it creates for you.

Minds was formerly called My GPT, and a Mind was called a GPT. This policy applies to the Service under either name. Where the Service or our messages still use the old names, "My GPT" means Minds and "GPT" means a Mind.

This policy also covers people who don't use Minds but whose information we receive through our users, such as people a user messages or mentions. It doesn't cover the third-party services you connect, such as Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok, Apple, or Google. Their own privacy policies apply to the information they hold.

By using the Service, you agree to this policy and our Terms of Service. If you don't agree, please don't use the Service.

Information we collect

Information you give us

  • Account information. Your phone number, which we use to create your account and sign you in with a text message code. Profile details such as your name, birthday, gender, and photo or avatar. We use your age to apply age-appropriate protections.
  • Conversations with your Mind. Messages, photos, videos, voice messages, files, and links you send your Mind in the app or by texting the Minds number. Also what you say during voice calls with your Mind.
  • Instructions and preferences. Things you ask your Mind to remember or avoid, and the settings you choose.
  • Voice samples. If you create a voice clone, the recording you provide. We and our voice provider use it to create a voice for your Mind that sounds like you.
  • Payment information. You may make purchases through Minds, including purchases your Mind makes for you with your approval. Your card and billing details are collected and stored by our payment partners, such as Stripe and its Link wallet. We receive limited details: the card type and last four digits, plus what was bought, from whom, when, and for how much.
  • Communications with us. Your contact details and whatever you send us when you contact us.

Information from accounts you connect

You choose which accounts to connect. What we receive depends on the account and the permissions you grant. We can't see this data internally when Privacy mode is turned on.

  • Messaging and social accounts. If you connect Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, or TikTok, we collect your messages and media there, including messages from the people you talk to. We also collect your friends or contacts lists, profile information, and conversation details, such as who's in a chat and when messages were sent.
  • Sign-in information. To connect some accounts, you may give us sign-in details, such as your Snapchat password, or sign in through a screen in our app. We use these details to connect to your account and stay connected. We also use the session information the service returns, such as cookies or tokens.
  • iMessage. You can connect iMessage through the Minds app for Mac. The app then reads the Messages history on that Mac, including texts, reactions, photos, and videos, and syncs it to Minds. It also uses Apple Messages on that Mac to send the messages you ask your Mind to send.
  • Google. If you connect a Google account, we access Gmail and Google Contacts as described in "Google user data" below.
  • Websites you sign in to. You can sign in to a website through Minds so your Mind can do things there for you. When you do, we save the session information that results, such as cookies. We don't receive the password you type into the website.
  • Device connection. To keep some connected accounts working, the app may ask to add a VPN configuration to your iPhone. This lets Minds reach the services you've connected through your device's internet connection. It doesn't route or monitor your other internet traffic.

We use this information so your Mind can understand your conversations, keep you up to date, suggest replies, and do what you ask.

Information your Mind creates

Your Mind builds an understanding of you and the people in your life, including:

  • Memories, notes, and summaries about your interests, routines, plans, preferences, and relationships.
  • Information about the people you talk to, such as who they are, how you know them, and what you've discussed.
  • Drafts, replies, and messages your Mind writes, and records of what it does for you.

You can review what your Mind remembers about you in Settings, and fix or delete individual memories.

Information from your device

The app asks for your permission before accessing these. You can change your choices at any time in your device settings.

  • Contacts. Names, phone numbers, and other contact details. Your Mind uses them to recognize the people you talk to, help you know what to say, and find friends who use Minds.
  • Photos and camera. Photos and videos you choose to send.
  • Photo library sync. If you turn this on, the app processes your photos and videos on your device. It then sends us:
    • smaller copies of photos and videos
    • text found in images, and transcripts of speech in videos
    • when and where each photo or video was taken
    • face labels
  • Location. If you allow it, your device's location. Your Mind uses it for context, such as where you are and places you've been, so it can make relevant suggestions.
  • Microphone and speech recognition. Audio for voice messages and calls. Voice messages may be transcribed by Apple's speech recognition service. Calls are transcribed so your Mind can respond.

Information collected automatically

When you use the Service, we and our service providers automatically collect:

  • Device and connection information, such as device type, operating system and app version, device identifiers, IP address, time zone, and language.
  • Usage information, such as which features you use and when.
  • Diagnostic information, such as crash reports and performance data.
  • Message delivery details for messages to and from the Minds number.
  • Push notification tokens.

We use this information to run, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the Service.

Information about other people

Using Minds means sharing information about other people, including people who don't use it. This includes:

  • messages they send you in connected accounts
  • their names, usernames, phone numbers, and photos
  • what you tell your Mind about them
  • memories your Mind forms about them

We use this information to help you with your conversations and relationships.

Please only share information about others when you have the right to. If you don't use Minds and think we have your information because a user shared it, contact us.

How we use information

Besides the uses above, we use information to:

  • Provide and operate the Service, including syncing accounts, generating responses, sending messages, making calls, and completing tasks you request.
  • Personalize your experience and help you connect with friends, including through other users' Minds and friends you have in common.
  • Process payments and purchases you approve.
  • Send you verification codes, service and security messages, and updates. Where allowed, we may send promotional messages, which you can opt out of.
  • Keep the Service safe, including preventing fraud and abuse, protecting younger users, and enforcing our Terms.
  • Understand how the Service is used, fix problems, and evaluate and improve how Minds works.
  • Comply with the law and protect our rights and the rights of others.

We don't use your content to train AI models.

We may create de-identified or aggregated information that can't reasonably be linked to you, and use it for any purpose. We won't try to re-identify it except as the law allows.

AI processing. Minds uses third-party AI model providers and cloud infrastructure to process your information and generate your Mind's responses. These providers may process your information only to provide their services to us. We don't allow them to use it to train their models.

Human review. Authorized members of our team may access your information, including conversations, when needed to:

  • provide support
  • investigate safety, security, or abuse issues
  • fix problems
  • improve how Minds responds

We limit this access to people who need it for those purposes. Google user data has stricter limits, described below.

How your Mind acts for you

Depending on the permissions and settings you choose, your Mind can:

  • Send messages, replies, and reactions from your connected accounts. These appear to come from you.
  • Send messages automatically when you turn on features like auto-send.
  • Message other people and their Minds.
  • Use websites you've signed in to and complete tasks there. Your Mind is designed to ask for your approval before making a purchase.

As with any technology that acts for you, there are risks. Your Mind can make mistakes, such as misunderstanding a request, messaging the wrong person, or getting facts wrong. Content from other people or websites may also contain instructions designed to mislead AI assistants. Please review what your Mind does, especially with automatic features on, and turn off anything you're not comfortable with.

Your Mind and other people's Minds

Minds is built to help you stay close to the people in your life, so it isn't a private, one-on-one chatbot. Your Mind can:

  • message your friends' Minds, sometimes on its own initiative, for example to explore a plan you might both enjoy
  • look for people through friends you have in common
  • chat with people you share it with

Your Mind is designed to share only what's appropriate for its audience, such as things you've shared openly or asked it to pass along. It's designed not to repeat what you've told it in confidence. Even so, what you share can shape how your Mind helps you and how it works with other people's Minds. AI can make mistakes, so we can't guarantee your Mind will never share something you'd rather it didn't.

Someone's Mind may seem to know something about you. That may be because you or your Mind shared it, because its user told it, or because it came from an account its user connected.

People see the messages you or your Mind send them. Other people who use Minds may also see basic profile information, such as your name and photo.

How we share information

We share information as described in this policy, including with:

  • Service providers that help us run Minds. These include hosting and database providers, AI model providers, voice and transcription providers, and messaging providers that deliver texts and iMessages. They also include browser automation providers, payment processors, analytics and crash reporting tools, and support tools. They may use your information only to provide services to us.
  • The people and services you interact with through Minds. When your Mind sends a message, makes a purchase, or completes a task for you, the necessary information goes to the recipient. It also goes to the platform, website, or store involved.
  • Other users and their Minds, as described above.
  • Others at your direction or with your consent.
  • Professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, and accountants.
  • Parties to a business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, financing, sale of assets, or bankruptcy.
  • Law enforcement and others, when we believe it's needed to comply with the law or legal process, enforce our Terms, prevent fraud or abuse, or protect anyone's rights, property, or safety.

We don't sell your personal information, share it for targeted advertising, or give it to data brokers.

Google user data

If you connect a Google account, Minds accesses the following Google user data only to provide the features you use in Minds:

  • Gmail (read): your email messages, so your Mind can search them, answer your questions about them, and show new messages from the people you talk to.
  • Gmail (send): to send the emails and replies you ask your Mind to send. Minds never deletes your email or changes your labels or settings.
  • Google Contacts (read): your saved contacts, so your Mind can find the people you mention, such as their email address. Minds never changes your contacts.
  • Email address: to identify which Google account you connected.

To generate your Mind's responses, this data is processed by our AI service providers, which may use it only to provide the features of Minds to you. We do not sell Google user data, use it for advertising, or use it to train generalized AI models. We don't allow our AI providers to train their models on it.

We transfer Google user data to others only:

  • as needed to provide or improve the features you use
  • for security purposes, such as investigating abuse
  • to comply with the law
  • as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, with your prior consent

Our team doesn't read your Google user data unless:

  • you agree for specific messages, for example when you ask us for help
  • it's needed for security purposes
  • it's required by law
  • it has been aggregated and anonymized for internal operations

You can disconnect your Google account at any time in the Minds app or at myaccount.google.com/permissions, which revokes the access you gave Minds. On that page, Google may list Minds under its former name, My GPT. To delete Google user data we have already stored, email support@authenticintelligence.ai.

The use of information received from Google Workspace scopes will adhere to the Google User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Text messages

If you text the Minds number by iMessage or SMS, we receive your phone number, your messages and attachments, and details such as when they were sent and delivered. We treat them like messages you send in the app. The number receives only messages sent to it. It can't see your other conversations.

By giving us your phone number, you agree to receive verification codes and messages about your account and the Service. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to stop text messages, or HELP for help.

We do not sell, rent, or share mobile phone numbers or text messaging opt-in data and consent with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes.

How long we keep information

We keep personal information as long as we need it to provide the Service and for the other purposes in this policy. Those purposes include meeting legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. How long depends on the type of information and why we have it.

For example, we keep your conversations, synced messages, memories, and voice clones while your account is active, so your Mind can keep helping you. You can delete them sooner.

  • Disconnecting stops syncing. Disconnecting an account stops new syncing but doesn't delete what's already been synced. To delete synced information, contact us.
  • Memories can be deleted. Deleting a message may not remove memories or summaries your Mind already formed from it. You can delete memories in Settings.
  • Some copies take longer to remove. Copies may stay in backups and logs for a limited time. Some service providers also keep information for a limited time under their own retention terms, such as for security and abuse monitoring.

How we protect information

We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your information, such as encryption and access controls. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, so we can't guarantee absolute security. Help protect your account by keeping your devices and connected accounts secure.

Your choices

  • Permissions: turn access to contacts, photos, location, microphone, and notifications on or off in your device settings.
  • Connected accounts: disconnect them in Settings, or remove the Google access you gave Minds at myaccount.google.com/permissions, where Google may list Minds under its former name, My GPT.
  • Memories: review, fix, or delete what your Mind remembers in Settings.
  • Automatic features: turn auto-send and similar features on or off in the app.
  • Voice clones: delete a voice clone in Settings. This also deletes it from our voice provider.
  • Text messages: reply STOP.
  • Promotional messages: follow the opt-out instructions in the message or contact us. We may still send service messages.
  • Access, correction, and deletion: email support@authenticintelligence.ai to get a copy of your information, correct it, or delete your account and information.

Your state privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

  • Know what personal information we have about you and get a copy of it.
  • Correct inaccurate personal information.
  • Delete your personal information.
  • Opt out of the sale of your personal information or its use for targeted advertising. We don't do either.
  • Limit our use of sensitive personal information.

Some information we process is considered sensitive under certain state laws. Examples include precise location, the contents of messages and emails, account sign-in details, and information about users under 18. We use sensitive information only to provide the Service, keep it safe, and as otherwise allowed by law.

To make a request, email support@authenticintelligence.ai. We'll verify your identity before responding. You can use an authorized agent, but we may ask for proof of their authority and ask you to verify your identity with us directly. If we deny your request, you can appeal by replying to our decision. We won't discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

Children and teens

Minds is for people 13 and older. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have, we'll delete it. If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information, contact us.

If you're under 18, please review this policy with a parent or guardian. We apply extra safety protections for users under 18.

If you're under 18 and live in California, you can ask us to remove content or information you've posted on Minds that's visible to other users. Removal may not delete every copy, for example if someone else copied or reshared it.

International users

We're based in the United States, and we and our service providers process information in the United States and other countries. If you use Minds from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to and processed in those countries. Their data protection laws may differ from yours.

Third-party services

Minds works with services we don't control. These include the accounts you connect, Apple, Google, websites your Mind uses for you, and our payment partners. Their terms and privacy policies govern how they handle your information, and we aren't responsible for their practices.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time, and we'll change the "Last updated" date when we do. If we make material changes, we'll let you know, such as in the app, by text or email, or on our website.

Contact us

Have questions about this policy, or want to make a privacy request? Contact us at support@authenticintelligence.ai or:

Authentic Intelligence Inc.
32 Gansevoort St. Fl 4
New York, NY