AI policy

Where AI is used

Hunt is the only consumer feature that sends your content to a generative AI model. Learn cards, onboarding, Community review, and Picker Battle scoring are not generated live from your photos.

You can use the rest of ThriftKitty without Hunt. Scans are optional.

The model

Hunt uses Google Gemini, a third-party generative model. When you scan, ThriftKitty sends the photo and any optional store price you typed to that service from our Hunt function. We do not send your email address with the image.

No human appraiser reviews the photo before you see a result. A person may later review a scan if you save it, report a problem, or if we are debugging a failure.

What you get back

The result is machine-generated from visible evidence in the photo plus the optional price. It can misidentify the object, maker, era, material, authenticity, condition, and value.

Hunt output is a starting point for your own research. It is not an appraisal, authenticity opinion, guarantee of resale, or financial advice. Check marks, construction, condition, and recent comparable sales before you buy or sell.

Photos and lesson use

By scanning, you confirm you took the photo or have the rights to upload it. You grant ThriftKitty permission to store, review, adapt, and use Hunt photos and derived details in future training lessons and related features.

Do not photograph people, private records, or personal information.

Coins

Each submitted Hunt image costs 20 coins, including guided follow-up images. If the analysis service fails, the scan is marked failed and those 20 coins are refunded automatically.

Human alternatives

Learn lessons are written training cards with stated assumptions. They are still educational estimates, not live appraisals, but they are not generated from a photo you just took.