Because AI needs HI.
Artificial intelligence is being handed to children faster than anyone is deciding what it owes them. Human intelligence, from the people who actually raise and teach those children, is the layer that has been missing. This Council exists to supply it.
A company should not be the only judge of what it builds for children.
Qbit is an AI assistant built for families, which means we carry that obligation directly. It is not an obligation any single company should define on its own, and it is not one we can meet by publishing a policy page and moving on. So we convened a body that sits outside the product, gave it the standing to disagree with us in public, and wrote the terms down before anyone was seated. The Charter is what binds us. It is published the day the Board ratifies it, and Qbit cannot amend it alone.
A council that cannot say no is decoration.
Three layers, and only one of them is the company.
-
MyQbit
The company that builds Qbit, convenes the Council and funds it. It holds no seat on the Board and no vote on what the Board publishes.
-
The AI Oversight Board
Named experts in child development, education and clinical practice who review what Qbit ships, ratify published standards, approve materials for release, and speak for the Council.
-
Chapters
Schools, churches, co-ops and community organisations, each gathering their own members, feeding advice and product reviews up to the Board and carrying its guidance back down.
-
The Youth Panel
Six to ten young people aged 10 to 17, convened with documented parental consent, reporting to the Board in writing twice a year. Children notice what adults design around.
Seats are being filled now.
Seven to nine named individuals with recognised expertise, appearing publicly with their credentials, biography and a link to their own practice or work. Nobody holds a seat yet, so nobody is listed yet. When they are, they will be here with their names on it.
What the company has bound itself to.
- Development in line with the Board's reviewProduct decisions that touch children go to the Board before families live with them.
- Dissent is publishedWhen the Board objects, the objection is published rather than resolved quietly.
- Shipping over an objection is disclosedIf we go ahead anyway we say so, and the Board may publish its own account alongside ours.
- Resignations are transparentAnyone who leaves may say publicly why, and we do not gate that.
- Funding without controlThe Council is a standing line in the operating budget, not a marketing expense, and its existence does not depend on a launch, a funding round or a change of leadership.
- Qbit cannot amend the Charter aloneTwo thirds of the Board plus our agreement, with every amendment published with its date, text and vote count.