Trust

Trustworthy, reliable and honest, inside and out

How Telli 5 scores answers, keeps people safe, handles your data and earns its money, in plain words.

Reliability Factor Safety Privacy How Telli 5 makes money
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The Reliability Factor

A score from 0 to 100 on every Evidence answer, built from how strong the sources are and whether two separate AI checkers found each cited sentence supported by its source.

Strong 85–100 Supported 70–84 Qualified 50–69 Limited below 50 Inconclusive too little evidence to score
  • Shown with its method. Every score names the method that made it. Today that is ri-2: Reliability Index rules, version 2.
  • Never changed quietly. Any change to how scores are made gets a new version name, so you always know which method scored an answer.
  • Never for sale. No partner, advertiser or vendor can raise or lower a score or a source grade.
  • Not a probability of truth. The score shows how well the sources checked for an answer support its claims. A high score means strong, independent sources agree; it doesn't mean the answer can't be wrong.
Read the full ri-2 method

Safety comes before any answer

Every message is screened first. If someone may be in danger, Telli 5 stops being a search tool and helps them reach a person.

Crisis and emergency cardsClear next steps and local emergency numbers, in English and Spanish.
Reviewed by peopleSafety replies go to a clinician and a native Spanish speaker for review before they are released.
Adults firstThe pilot is for adults 18+. A student edition with its own protections is planned for later.

If you or someone near you is in danger, call 911 now. In the US you can also call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Your conversations are yours

We keep what's needed to run Telli 5 and nothing for its own sake.

What we keep
  • Chats you choose to sync between your devices
  • Memory items, only if you turn memory on
  • Usage counts and timing, without the words of your messages
  • Comments you add to a thumbs-down
What we don't
  • The text of the documents and photos you attach
  • Health details, ID numbers or passwords in memory
  • Any sale of your data, or ads aimed at you personally
  • Your question or chat history sent to the fact checkers

Telli 5 uses outside AI providers to write and check answers. Which providers, how long they keep data, and how to download or delete yours will be set out in our privacy policy.

How Telli 5 makes money

Businesses can pay for services. They can never pay for position.

  1. FirstSubscriptionsPeople pay for Telli 5, so Telli 5 works for people.
  2. ThenServices for businessesTools businesses pay to use. Buying them never changes how a business appears in answers.
  3. Maybe, laterClearly labelled adsOnly in marked spaces outside answers, never on health, money or crisis topics, never aimed at you personally. A paid plan always stays ad-free.