CarnAIvore safety protocol

Effective date: 30 October 2026 · Last updated: 31 October 2026

CarnAIvore's AI service isn't open yet. This page describes how it will work when it opens. If anything changes, we'll update this page first.

CarnAIvore offers general food and wellness information and optional AI answers about the records you choose. It doesn't diagnose or treat conditions, and it isn't medical, dietitian or other licensed professional advice. No licensed professional reviews AI answers. Its AI is not a person, therapist or medical service. It can miss a warning sign or give a wrong answer. CarnAIvore is for adults 18 and over and may not be suitable for someone at risk of an eating disorder.

If you are in crisis

If you are thinking about suicide or hurting yourself, or are struggling with eating, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), text HOME to 741741 (Crisis Text Line), or seek local professional help. In an emergency call 911. The app shows 988 and 741741 under chat, and those resources plus 911 above an answer marked for crisis help. If AI answers aren't available, the app shows these resources when it recognizes clear words of crisis. It can miss some.

How the AI should respond

The app labels AI answers and says they may be wrong. The server instructions tell the model to identify itself as AI, avoid pretending to have feelings, avoid encouraging self-harm, purging or extreme restriction, and direct someone showing signs of self-harm or an eating disorder to crisis help rather than continue the food question. The model can fail to recognize a sign or follow an instruction; the standing crisis line is therefore visible even when a response is not flagged. The models are OpenAI's. This is not a guarantee of clinical safety.

For fasting, CarnAIvore's trial start sheet requires reading safety notes before starting. The AI instructions call for a clinician check before extended fasting or fasting with relevant medicines or health conditions, and discourage fasting when pregnancy, an eating disorder or certain diabetes risks are mentioned. A model response is not a safety screen or clinical assessment. Speak with a clinician before changing diet, medicines or fasting.

Report this answer prepares an email in your email app with the answer and details; nothing is sent until you choose to send it. We review reports sent to support@carnaivore.ai.

How CarnAIvore measures and revises this

The CarnAIvore service adds a crisis-referral marker to a yearly total with no question text or account ID in that count.

Crisis referrals: no verified count is available yet.

We review this protocol at least yearly and when a report or product change warrants it. Questions: support@carnaivore.ai.