AI Governance & Guide Usage Policy

14.1 Purpose

Guide is the AI reasoning layer of Blinko Growth OS.

This Policy establishes the governance principles governing the design, operation, responsible use, and continuous improvement of Guide.

The objective is to ensure that artificial intelligence enhances human capability while preserving accountability, transparency, privacy, and trust.

14.2 Guiding Principles

Guide is designed to:

• Assist rather than replace human judgment.
• Improve productivity.
• Increase confidence.
• Reduce repetitive work.
• Explain recommendations whenever practical.
• Learn responsibly.
• Respect privacy.
• Operate within clearly defined boundaries.

14.3 Role of Guide

Guide may:

• Recommend missions
• Prepare meetings
• Summarize conversations
• Generate proposals
• Coach Growth Partners
• Analyze opportunities
• Recommend learning
• Forecast momentum
• Answer product questions
• Automate repetitive workflows

Guide does not independently enter into contracts, make legal commitments, or represent Blinko unless expressly authorized through deterministic system functionality.

14.4 Human Responsibility

Guide recommendations are advisory.

Users remain solely responsible for:

• Business decisions
• Customer communications
• Pricing decisions
• Contract acceptance
• Regulatory compliance
• Financial decisions
• Tax obligations

Users should exercise independent judgment before relying upon AI-generated outputs.

14.5 Explainability

Where practical, Guide should explain:

• Why a recommendation was made.
• Which business context influenced the recommendation.
• Confidence level.
• Expected outcome.
• Potential limitations.

Explainability strengthens trust and enables informed decision making.

14.6 AI Limitations

Guide may occasionally produce incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated information.

Users should independently verify information before making significant business decisions.

Blinko does not guarantee that every AI-generated response will be accurate or suitable for a particular purpose.

14.7 Prohibited Uses

Users may not use Guide to:

• Commit fraud
• Generate deceptive marketing
• Misrepresent Blinko products
• Infringe intellectual property rights
• Harass individuals
• Circumvent security controls
• Generate unlawful content
• Violate applicable laws

Blinko may restrict or suspend access for misuse.

14.8 Responsible Learning

Guide continuously improves through observation of Platform activity.

Blinko seeks to ensure that AI learning:

• Protects user privacy
• Minimizes unnecessary personal information
• Uses aggregated insights where appropriate
• Respects applicable legal obligations

Not every interaction becomes permanent Guide Memory.

14.9 Guide Memory

Guide Memory exists to improve future interactions.

Users may review, correct, or request deletion of eligible memories where supported by the Platform and applicable law.

Guide Memory should prioritize durable business knowledge over transient conversation history.

14.10 Safety & Human Oversight

Blinko reserves the right to:

• Review AI outputs for quality improvement
• Monitor misuse
• Improve prompts and reasoning
• Introduce additional safeguards
• Temporarily disable AI capabilities where necessary to protect users or the Platform

Human oversight remains an essential component of AI governance.

14.11 Intellectual Property

Guide-generated content may incorporate Blinko intellectual property, proprietary methodologies, templates, workflows, or product knowledge.

Nothing in this Policy transfers ownership of Blinko intellectual property.

Ownership of user-supplied content remains subject to applicable agreements.

14.12 Continuous Improvement

Guide will evolve continuously.

Blinko may improve:

• Reasoning models
• Recommendation quality
• Memory systems
• Planning capabilities
• Automation
• Knowledge retrieval
• User experience

Platform updates may alter Guide behavior while remaining consistent with this Handbook.

14.13 Reporting

Users are encouraged to report:

• Incorrect recommendations
• Harmful outputs
• Safety concerns
• Bias
• Security vulnerabilities
• Unexpected behavior

User feedback contributes to improving Guide.

14.14 Compliance

Guide is intended to support lawful business activity.

Where AI regulations evolve, Blinko may introduce additional governance requirements to maintain compliance.

Guide is an AI assistant, coach, planner, and reasoning system designed to help Growth Partners and Businesses succeed.

Guide augments human capability but does not replace human judgment.

Responsible AI requires collaboration between Blinko, Guide, and users.

Transparency, accountability, privacy, and continuous improvement remain the governing principles for all AI capabilities within the Blinko ecosystem.