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Quick Summary - What You're Agreeing To

• This policy applies to all Empower Collective members and community participants.

• AI tools can be useful - and can also cause harm when used without care. This policy sets expectations for how AI is used within community spaces.

• You may use AI tools however you choose in your own business or practice. Within shared community spaces, you are responsible for the accuracy and appropriateness of anything you post, regardless of how it was produced.

• AI-generated content shared as a community resource should be identified as AI-assisted where relevant.

• AI-generated content that contains medical, legal, or financial information should not be shared as authoritative.

• Do not use AI tools to generate content about other members, impersonate others, or process information shared in community spaces.

• The Empower Network uses AI tools internally for drafting and accessibility support. Human review occurs before any member-facing content is published. Member data is not shared with AI platforms.

• Your participation in The Empower Collective is also subject to The Empower Network's Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Safeguarding Policy, and Community Standards.

This summary is for convenience only. Please read the full policy below.

1. Why This Policy Exists

AI tools are increasingly part of how people work, create, and access information. For many members of this community - people managing fluctuating capacity, cognitive variability, and limited energy - AI tools can be genuinely useful. They can also cause harm when used without care.

This policy exists to keep our community grounded in the values that shape everything else we do: honesty, access, and respect for each other's experience.

2. How Members May Use AI Tools

We don't regulate how you use AI tools in your own business or personal practice. That's yours.

Within Empower Collective spaces - workshops, Discord, community programming, shared resources - the following applies.

AI-generated content you share in community spaces should be:

• Clearly identified as AI-assisted or AI-generated when it's relevant that others know (e.g., submitting resources, sharing AI generated images/art/photography, contributing written content to community documents)

• Reviewed by you before sharing - you're responsible for the accuracy and appropriateness of anything you post, regardless of how it was produced

• Appropriate for the context - AI-generated content that contains medical advice, legal guidance, or financial direction should not be shared as authoritative

You do not need to disclose AI use for:

• Your own productivity workflows, drafting, brainstorming, or note-taking

• How you run your business outside of shared community spaces

• Casual conversation where the content isn't being presented as a resource

3. Ethical Use Practices

These are the standards we ask all members to hold when using AI tools in ways that touch this community.

Transparency over performance. If you're sharing something AI-generated as your own expertise or voice, that's a misrepresentation. AI can support your work - it shouldn't replace your authorship without disclosure.

Know the limits of what AI produces. AI tools have documented bias, especially around disability, chronic illness, race, gender, and other intersecting identities. Content generated without critical review can reflect and repeat those biases. Review what you share. If you're unsure, hold it.

Do not use AI to generate content about specific community members, nor input member information into any AI tools. This includes summarizing someone's story, creating content "in their voice," or using AI to process information shared in community spaces. What members share here is not training data.

Accessibility matters in AI-generated content too. If you share AI-generated text, images, or media in community spaces, the same accessibility standards apply - alt text, readable formatting, plain language. The tool doesn't exempt the content.

AI does not replace professional guidance. Members may use AI to research health, legal, financial, or business questions. In community spaces, AI-generated content should never be positioned as a substitute for professional advice - especially in a community where members are actively navigating medical systems, disability determinations, and complex financial situations.

4. What Is Not Permitted

Using AI tools to:

• Generate fake reviews, testimonials, or endorsements within or related to this community

• Impersonate other members, staff, or partner organizations

• Scrape, compile, or process information that members have shared in private or semi-private community spaces

• Produce or distribute content that is discriminatory, stigmatizing, or harmful - AI generation does not transfer responsibility for the content's impact

5. How The Empower Network Uses AI

The Empower Network may use AI tools to assist with drafting communications, creating internal documentation, accessibility features (captions, alt text generation), and research support. Human staff and volunteers review all member-facing content before publication. We do not use member-submitted information to train AI systems, and we do not share private member data with AI platforms.

For more information, please see our full Ethical AI Policy.

6. Questions and Concerns

If you have a concern about how AI is being used in this community - by another member or by The Empower Network - we'd rather hear it than have it sit quietly.

7. Policy Updates

This policy will be reviewed periodically as AI tools and their impacts evolve. Members will be notified of material changes.

Contact Us

The Empower Network, Inc.

Email: support@empower-network.org Website: www.empower-network.org