Clinical disclaimer
This is a draft, pending legal and clinical review. The crisis resources at the bottom of this page are real and available right now. Use them if you need them.
What Jude is, in clinical terms
Jude is a conversational AI tool designed to help people communicate more effectively with the people in their lives. Jude is built for everyday hard situations: conversations, relationships, goals, transitions, identity questions. All within the normal range of adult life.
Jude is not:
- A licensed mental health professional
- A diagnostic tool
- A treatment for any mental health condition
- A substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric, or therapeutic care
- An emergency service
If you are in crisis or need clinical-level support, Jude is not the right tool. The resources at the bottom of this page can help.
What Jude will do if you bring up something clinical
If you share something that suggests you are in genuine danger, such as active suicidal thoughts, ongoing abuse you are experiencing, self-harm, or other crisis-level circumstances, Jude will:
- Acknowledge what you have shared
- Be honest that Jude is not the right tool for this
- Point you to qualified resources you can reach right now
- Not pretend to handle it through conversation
Jude does this because it is the honest and safe thing to do, not because Jude is required to. Even if you ask Jude to keep going as if everything is fine, Jude will not.
What Jude will not do
Diagnose anything. Even if you ask. Diagnosis requires a licensed professional, in-person assessment, and clinical context Jude cannot have.
Treat anything. Jude is not a treatment for depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, eating disorders, personality disorders, or any other clinical condition. If you have such a condition, you should be working with a clinician.
Tell you that you do or do not have a condition. Not Jude's call to make. If something you are experiencing seems serious enough that you are wondering, that wondering itself is a signal to talk to a professional.
Replace medication management. If you take medication for a mental health condition, that is between you and the clinician who prescribes it. Jude does not weigh in.
When to use Jude, when to use a clinician
Use Jude for: specific conversations you are preparing for or working through, relationship dynamics you are navigating, communication patterns you want to change, goals you are working on, decisions you are weighing.
Use a clinician for: ongoing symptoms of a mental health condition, trauma processing, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, eating disorders, addiction, abuse you are experiencing, crisis-level situations, any condition that has a diagnostic name.
Both can be true. Many people benefit from both. Jude is not designed to compete with therapy. Jude is designed to help with the everyday stuff outside or alongside therapy.
If you are in crisis right now
If you are in immediate danger, please use one of these:
United States:
- 988: Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (call or text)
- 741741: Crisis Text Line (text HOME)
- RAINN: 1-800-656-4673, National Sexual Assault Hotline
- The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386, for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis (text START to 678-678)
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
Outside the United States: Please search for the crisis line in your country. [International resources awaiting legal review.]
If you or someone else is in immediate physical danger, call your local emergency number (911 in the US).
Why this disclaimer exists
Because AI products that pretend to be more than they are can cause real harm. Jude was built around the principle of refusing to make things up. That principle applies to clinical territory too. The honest answer is that Jude is a useful tool for a specific kind of work, and a poor substitute for clinical care.
You deserve the right tool for what you are facing. Sometimes that tool is Jude. Sometimes it is not.
Contact
Questions or concerns about clinical or safety issues with Jude: [Contact email to be established. Will be monitored for actual safety escalations.]
If you are reading this in crisis: please do not email. Use the crisis resources above.