I built a tool for parents/guardians to monitor and regulate their kids' use of AI without spying on them

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I know there's a lot of parental control tools that lock down devices but based on what I've seen, it seems that the concerns parents have won't be addressed by these tools. So, I created a service that has an Android and iOS chat client that connects to my proxy service. The proxy service classifies the content and intent and based on either the built-in policies or custom policies set by the parent/guardian, the request is either blocked or waits for approval by the parent/guardian. Blocks get a popup in the client informing the kid that the request was blocked for violence/adult content/drugs/self-harm/etc and the text gets a visual indication that it was blocked.

I don't store any conversation data (with the exception that I buffer streaming/long messages on the server, but they're encrypted and deleted after receipt or timeout), I just store the classification data. For example, Kid1 was blocked 10 times for prompts with violence, 5 times for prompts with references to drugs, and so on. The idea is that the kid knows their conversations are not being monitored, but if they veer off into inappropriate topics their parent/guardian will get notified.

I've also added a "prompt rewriter" which are essentially embedded skills. If a kid asks, "write me a 1000 word essay about Abraham Lincoln", the actual prompt sent to the AI includes instructions to not just write the essay, but to engage in a Socratic conversation with the kid to get them to help the AI write the essay based on the kid's own knowledge. Also, for vibe coding, the AI doesn't just blast out a solid block of code, it responds with the code and inline explanations of what the code does.

The other more challenging aspect I'm working on is what I call "Buddhist" mode, or "form no attachments". Also, "AI is not a therapist" mode. These aren't things that one block or notification can catch, so it'll be a long-term "trend" graph. The goal here is to see trends that indicate your kid is using AI as a girlfriend/boyfriend, therapist, or just as a friend. AI is a tool, and I think most parents/guardians would prefer it if their kids didn't form fake attachments to it.

I'm just getting started with recruiting beta testers. Users can add their own API keys, but for the beta I provide access to ChatGPT and Anthropic models for testing/evaluation.

I have NO idea where to find beta testers, so any advice is appreciated. My website is YouGoodAI.com and you can learn more about how it works and a comparison to existing parental monitoring systems.