How Mendelbot Uses AI

This page explains how artificial intelligence is used in the Mendelbot platform, what data is involved, and what you should know as a user.

AI-Powered Features

Mendelbot uses large language models (LLMs) to power its conversational agents. When you interact with a bot built on Mendelbot, your messages are processed by an AI model to generate responses.

What the AI does

• Reads your message and the recent conversation history to understand context
• Generates a response based on the agent's configuration and personality
• Classifies your intent to route messages appropriately (e.g., simple chat vs. complex task)
• Searches relevant knowledge from the bot's knowledge base to provide accurate answers
• Names your conversations automatically after a few exchanges

What the AI does NOT do

• It does not remember you across separate conversations unless explicitly configured
• It does not access the internet or external services unless the agent has specific tools enabled
• It does not make decisions about your account, billing, or access
• It does not perform biometric identification or profiling

AI Models

Mendelbot uses open-source AI models hosted entirely within the European Union. The specific model used depends on how the bot's operator configured their agent.

All AI model inference runs on EU infrastructure operated by an EU company. No data is sent to US-based AI providers.

Embedding models (used for knowledge search, not for generating responses) run locally on the server and do not send data to external services.

Your Data and AI

What is sent to AI models

When you send a message to a Mendelbot-powered bot:

1. Your message text is sent to the configured AI provider
2. Recent conversation messages (for context) are included
3. Relevant knowledge base entries may be included if the bot has a knowledge base
4. The agent's system prompt (its personality and instructions) is included

What is NOT sent to AI models

• Your email address, password, or account credentials
• Your platform username or user ID
• Other users' conversations
• Payment or billing information
• Platform authentication tokens

Where your data goes

• Regolo (cloud-hosted): Your message content is sent to Regolo's API for processing. Regolo is an Italian company operating entirely within the EU. No data retention — prompts and responses are not stored by the provider after processing.
• Self-hosted models (Ollama): Your data stays on the operator's server and is not sent to any third party.

Mendelbot's infrastructure (servers, database, AI inference) is hosted entirely within the EU. Your data does not leave EU jurisdiction.

AI Limitations

AI-generated responses have inherent limitations you should be aware of:

• Responses may be incorrect. AI models can generate plausible-sounding but inaccurate information. Do not rely on AI responses for medical, legal, financial, or safety-critical decisions without independent verification.
• Responses may vary. The same question asked twice may produce different answers. This is normal behavior for language models.
• Knowledge has a cutoff. AI models are trained on data up to a certain date and may not know about recent events.
• Context is limited. Very long conversations may lose earlier context as the model's input window is finite.

Transparency Notice

In compliance with the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 50):

You are interacting with an AI system. Responses from Mendelbot-powered bots are generated by artificial intelligence, not written by a human. The bot operator may have configured the agent's personality and knowledge, but individual responses are machine-generated.

If you have questions about how a specific bot uses AI, contact the bot's operator (the person or organization that set up the bot).

Your Rights

• Deletion: You can request deletion of your conversation data. Use the /delete command or contact the bot operator.
• Access: You can request a copy of your conversation data from the bot operator.
• Opt out: You can stop interacting with any bot at any time. No data will be collected after you stop.

For more information about data handling, see our Privacy Policy.

For Bot Operators

If you deploy bots using Mendelbot, you have responsibilities under the EU AI Act and GDPR. See the Deployer Compliance Guide for details.

Last updated: February 2026