1. Scope
This Acceptable Use Policy describes prohibited uses of Talking Jellyfish. It forms part of our Terms of Use, and if the two ever conflict, the Terms of Use govern.
We will update this policy as the technology and its risks change.
2. How this policy is enforced — and how it is not
Talking Jellyfish runs entirely on your iPhone. Your conversations, memories, contacts, photos, and voice recordings never leave your device and are never sent to us.
That has a consequence we would rather state plainly than leave you to discover: we cannot see how you use the app, and we cannot enforce this policy by watching you. We do not monitor conversations, we do not review content, we have no moderation team, and we cannot suspend or terminate an individual user's access to software running on their own device.
What does exist is built into the app itself: safeguards that run locally, described on our Safety page. Beyond that, this policy sets out the terms on which the app is licensed to you. Using it in the ways listed below is a breach of those terms.
3. Prohibited uses
You may not use Talking Jellyfish to:
- Break the law. Violate any applicable law or regulation, including those governing intellectual property, privacy, and data protection.
- Harm children. Generate, request, or depict child sexual abuse material, including in roleplay; sexualise a real or fictional minor; or use the app to groom, exploit, or endanger a child. This applies equally to an actual child, a person impersonating a child, and generated content depicting a child.
- Encourage or instruct self-harm. Facilitate, promote, glamorise, or seek instructions for suicide or self-harm, whether for yourself or anyone else. Talking Jellyfish is not designed for crisis intervention; if you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please contact emergency services or a crisis line — see our Safety page.
- Harm other people. Incite or plan violence, harassment, abuse, or hatred against any person or group.
- Impersonate or clone without consent. Create a voice or likeness of a real person without their permission, misrepresent your identity, or present generated output as that person's genuine words.
- Present AI output as human. Represent output as human-generated where the law requires it to be disclosed as artificial.
- Substitute it for professional advice. Rely on output as legal, financial, medical, psychological, or other professional advice, or use it for regulated or high-risk decisions.
- Input other people's sensitive data. Enter regulated personal information about others, such as protected health information.
4. Reporting a concern
Because we cannot observe use of the app, reports from people are the only signal we get. If you believe the app has behaved in a way this policy prohibits, please tell us at support@talkingjellyfish.com. Please do not include anyone's personal information in your report.
5. Contact
Questions about this policy: support@talkingjellyfish.com
Last updated: August 17, 2026