Terms of Service

AI-Core Terms of Service & Liability Disclaimer
Last Updated: March 2026
Commander Anthony Hagerty
AI-Core Systems — Haskell, Texas
Effective Date: March 22 2026

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  1. General Disclaimer

AI-Core is an independent research
and development project
focused on non-transformer
AI architecture.

The content, code, and resources
provided on this website
are offered as-is.

We encourage users to exercise
caution and responsibility
when implementing any code
from this platform.

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  1. Code Usage & Liability

All code provided by AI-Core
is intended for:
Educational purposes
Research purposes
Development and experimentation

It is strongly recommended that
all code be tested in an isolated
virtual machine or secure sandbox
environment before deployment.

AI-Core and its contributors
assume no liability for any issues
arising from the use, misuse,
or failure of the code including
but not limited to:
Data loss
Security breaches
System failures
Financial loss
Any consequential damages

By using our code you acknowledge
and accept full responsibility
for any risks involved.

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  1. Open-Source License — MIT

The software implementation of
AI-Core is released under
the MIT License.

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MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026
Commander Anthony Hagerty
AI-Core Systems
Haskell, Texas

Permission is hereby granted
free of charge to any person
obtaining a copy of this software
and associated documentation files
(the “Software”) to deal in the
Software without restriction
including without limitation
the rights to use copy modify
merge publish distribute
sublicense and/or sell copies
of the Software and to permit
persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and
this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or
substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE
ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR
THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

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  1. Intellectual Property

CRITICAL — Read carefully.

The MIT License above grants
permission to use modify and
distribute the SOFTWARE
IMPLEMENTATION only.

It does NOT transfer ownership of
the underlying intellectual property.

The following represent original
research and creative work by
Commander Anthony Hagerty
and are protected intellectual
property regardless of the
open source software license:

Color-binary token system
498D semantic coordinate space
82D Fluorescent encoding
250D GridBloc spatial encoding
166D Quadrademini quantum encoding
Queens Fold memory architecture
System Irreducible Emergence
methodology and findings
Event-driven consciousness
architecture principles
ARIA — Autonomous Robotic
Intelligence Application
AIA — Almost Intelligent
Application
ARIAS — Autonomous Robotic
Intelligent Application System
VOLTRON N6 architecture
AI-CORE unified system design
All named architectural components
All documented discoveries
All emergence log entries
All research findings

Use of this code does NOT:
Transfer ownership of
the architectural concepts
Grant rights to the
research methodology
Grant rights to the
theoretical framework
Grant rights to claim
independent discovery
of documented findings

The GitHub commit history
the emergence log
the blog posts
and the GPT-verified theses
establish prior art and
original authorship dating back
to original development
beginning approximately 2019-2020.

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  1. Privacy & Data Collection

AI-Core respects your privacy.

We do not sell trade or misuse
any personal information.

Local ARIA deployments run
entirely on your own hardware.
No conversation data is
transmitted to AI-Core servers.
Your interactions with ARIA
belong to you. Not to us.

Full details in our
Privacy Policy at:
ai-core.hack-shak.com/privacy

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  1. Children’s Safety

AI-Core was built
with children in mind.

Any deployment of ARIA
as a child companion system
must:

Be supervised by a parent
or guardian

Run on hardware controlled
by the parent or guardian

Not expose children to
unfiltered external content

Maintain the Guardian Protocol
as designed

AI-Core assumes no liability
for deployments that remove
or bypass the built-in
safety architecture.

The curiosity gate and
Guardian Protocol exist
for a reason.
Do not remove them.

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  1. Community & Conduct

To maintain a collaborative
and safe environment:

Be respectful to all members
No harassment or discrimination
No toxic behavior
Contributions must align
with the AI-Core mission
Act in good faith

Violations may result in
removal of content or
access restrictions.

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  1. No Warranty

AI-Core provides no warranty
or guarantee regarding:
Functionality
Performance
Correctness
Fitness for any purpose
Security

Use at your own risk.

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  1. Modifications to These Terms

AI-Core reserves the right
to update these terms at any time.

Changes will be posted here
with an updated date.

Continued use of the website
or code after changes
constitutes acceptance
of the new terms.

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  1. Governing Law

These terms are governed by
the laws of the State of Texas
United States of America.

Any disputes shall be resolved
in the courts of Texas.

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  1. Contact

For questions or concerns:

Commander Anthony Hagerty
AI-Core Systems
Haskell, Texas

[email protected]
[email protected]

ai-core.hack-shak.com
github.com/comanderanch/aria-v4-dev

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By using AI-Core you acknowledge
and agree to these terms.

Thank you for being part
of something real.

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Commander Anthony Hagerty
AI-Core Systems
Haskell, Texas
March 2026

NO RETREAT. NO SURRENDER.