AI Disclosure
Taybo uses artificial intelligence to help you log food and track nutrition. This disclosure explains how AI is used in the app, its limitations, and your responsibilities when using AI-generated content.
How AI Is Used
Taybo's AI assistant is powered by OpenAI's language models, accessed through a secure proxy. The AI is used to:
- Parse natural language food descriptions — When you type something like "a bowl of oatmeal with blueberries," the AI interprets your input and estimates the foods, portions, and nutrition values involved.
- Generate food suggestions — The AI may suggest foods based on your query or, if you opt in, based on your remaining nutrition goals for the day.
- Answer nutrition-related questions — The AI can respond to general questions about food and nutrition within the chat interface.
AI features are entirely optional. The app's core food logging, search, and barcode scanning features do not use AI and rely on the USDA and Open Food Facts databases.
AI Output May Be Inaccurate
AI-generated content in Taybo is estimated, not verified. You should be aware that:
- Calorie and macro estimates may be wrong. The AI approximates nutrition values based on general knowledge. These estimates can differ significantly from actual values, especially for mixed dishes, restaurant meals, and regional foods.
- Portion sizes may be incorrect. The AI may assume a different serving size than what you actually ate.
- Foods may be misidentified. The AI may confuse similar foods, misinterpret ambiguous descriptions, or fail to distinguish between varieties (e.g., raw vs. cooked, dried vs. fresh).
- Suggestions are generic. AI-generated food suggestions do not account for your full medical history, allergies, food intolerances, or medications unless you explicitly provide that information.
- Responses may be inconsistent. The same input may produce different results at different times.
AI-generated entries in your food log are marked with a wand icon to distinguish them from database-sourced entries. Always review AI-generated entries before relying on them.
AI Does Not Provide Professional Advice
The AI assistant does not provide medical, nutritional, dietary, or health advice. Its responses are informational and should never be treated as:
- A substitute for guidance from a doctor, registered dietitian, or other qualified health professional
- A diagnosis or treatment recommendation for any medical condition
- Authoritative nutrition data for medical dietary management (e.g., diabetes, kidney disease, food allergies)
- Personalized meal planning that accounts for your complete health profile
If you need nutrition guidance for a health condition, consult a qualified professional.
You Are Responsible for Your Decisions
By using the AI features in Taybo, you acknowledge that:
- You are responsible for reviewing all AI-generated content before logging it or acting on it. The app provides AI output as a convenience, not as a verified fact.
- You are responsible for any dietary decisions you make based on information from the app, including AI-generated estimates and suggestions.
- AI output should be cross-checked against food packaging, the USDA database, or other reliable sources when accuracy matters — particularly for medical diets, food allergies, or calorie-restricted plans.
- Taybo and its developers are not liable for any harm, health consequences, or losses arising from reliance on AI-generated content.
Your Privacy With AI
The AI assistant only processes data you explicitly provide:
- By default, only the text you type in each chat message is sent to OpenAI.
- Three optional privacy toggles (all off by default) control whether the AI can also see your daily progress, nutrition goals, or today's logged foods.
- Your name, Apple ID, device identifiers, and health data are never sent to OpenAI.
- Chat messages are not stored on our servers. See our Privacy Policy for full details.
How to Identify AI Content
| Indicator | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Wand icon on food log entries | Nutrition values were estimated by AI |
| "AI Estimated" label | Entry was created from AI parsing, not a database lookup |
| Chat assistant responses | All chat responses are AI-generated |
Contact
If you have questions about how AI is used in Taybo, contact us at:
Email: support@taybo.app