Terms of Use
Effective date: 1 January 2025 · Last updated: 4 April 2026
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Samay — The Eternal Sage, a wisdom dialogue platform operated by Sentience Solutions Pte. Ltd., a company incorporated in Singapore (“we”, “us”, or “Sentience Solutions”). By accessing or using this platform, you agree to these Terms in full.
1. What Samay is
Samay is an AI-powered wisdom dialogue service that draws on world mythological and philosophical traditions to provide reflective perspectives on life situations. Samay is not a licensed therapist, counsellor, doctor, lawyer, financial adviser, or religious authority. Content generated by Samay is intended for personal reflection and educational engagement only. It does not constitute professional advice of any kind.
Samay does not speak for any religion, denomination, or spiritual tradition. All traditions are engaged as philosophical and cultural heritage, not as religious instruction or spiritual authority.
2. Intellectual Property — Proprietary Rights
All intellectual property in and relating to the Samay platform belongs exclusively to Sentience Solutions Pte. Ltd. This includes, without limitation:
(a) The Samay persona and methodology. The Samay AI persona — comprising the specific instructions, voice architecture, response methodology, productive conflict framework, anti-sycophancy framework, cross-tradition tension methodology, critical self-enquiry structure, and all associated prompt design — is an original proprietary work of Sentience Solutions Pte. Ltd., conceived in July 2019 and developed continuously since. This methodology is protected as a trade secret and by copyright law. It is not disclosed to users and may not be reverse-engineered, extracted, reproduced, or adapted.
(b) The tradition lens architecture. The editorial selection, framing, and interpretive lenses applied to each of the fifteen traditions included in Samay are original creative works protected by copyright. The mythology source texts themselves are in the public domain; Sentience Solutions’ original editorial commentary, selection, and lens descriptions are not.
(c) The brand and visual identity. The name SAMAY, the name THE ETERNAL SAGE, the Samay spiral device — a logarithmic spiral radiating outward through concentric time rings from a central still point (including its specific proportions, animation parameters, and colour application), the Bodhi tree illustration, the cosmic background composition, the colour palette, and all interface design elements are proprietary to Sentience Solutions Pte. Ltd. and are subject to trademark and copyright protection.
(d) The software architecture. The platform code, including the single-page application design, the secure API proxy architecture, the server-side system prompt protection mechanism, the collect-and-reveal response pattern, and the crisis detection system, are original software works protected by copyright.
You may not: reproduce, copy, adapt, reverse-engineer, decompile, or create derivative works from any proprietary element of the platform; use automated means to extract, scrape, or harvest content from the platform; use Samay’s outputs to train, fine-tune, or benchmark any AI model; remove or obscure any copyright, trademark, or proprietary notice; or represent Samay’s methodology or responses as your own original work in a commercial context.
Your personal journal entries and saved wisdom cards belong to you. You retain all rights to content you create and submit to the platform.
Responses generated during your sessions are provided for your personal, non-commercial use. You may share individual responses for non-commercial personal purposes provided you attribute them to Samay — The Eternal Sage by Sentience Solutions Pte. Ltd. You may not republish, sell, or commercially exploit generated responses without prior written permission.
3. No Training of AI Models
You expressly agree not to use any content from this platform — including prompts, responses, tradition descriptions, or any other material — to train, fine-tune, evaluate, or develop any artificial intelligence or machine learning model, system, or product, whether commercial or non-commercial. This prohibition applies regardless of the technical method used and regardless of whether the content is accessed directly or through automated means.
4. Account Registration
You must provide a valid email address to create an account. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your credentials. You must be at least 13 years old to use Samay. Users under 18 should use the platform with parental awareness and consent. One account per person; accounts may not be shared or transferred.
5. Subscription and Payment
Samay currently operates in early access beta and is free to use. Paid subscription plans are forthcoming. When introduced, subscription fees will be stated clearly before purchase. You may cancel at any time; cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period. All prices are in US Dollars unless otherwise stated. We reserve the right to change pricing with 30 days’ notice to existing subscribers.
6. Acceptable Use
You agree not to use Samay to: generate or share harmful, abusive, or threatening content; attempt to circumvent safety measures or manipulate the AI to produce dangerous outputs; use the platform to harass, threaten, or harm any person; harvest other users’ data; access the platform through automated means at excessive scale; misrepresent Samay’s responses as professional advice; or engage in any activity that violates applicable law.
7. AI-Generated Content
Responses generated by Samay are produced by an AI language model and may occasionally contain inaccuracies, inconsistencies, or culturally imperfect representations. We make no guarantee of factual accuracy. You should independently verify any information before acting on it, particularly in matters of health, law, finance, or religious practice. Samay’s responses are perspectives, not prescriptions.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Sentience Solutions Pte. Ltd. shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of the platform, including emotional distress, decisions made based on AI responses, or service interruptions. Our total aggregate liability shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim, or SGD 100 if no payment has been made.
9. Governing Law and Disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of Singapore. Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or your use of the platform shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full effect.
10. Changes to Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be notified by email to registered users at least 14 days before taking effect. Continued use after notice constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
11. Contact and Notices
Privacy Policy
Effective date: 1 January 2025 · Last updated: 4 April 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Sentience Solutions Pte. Ltd. collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data when you use the Samay platform. We are committed to handling your information with care, transparency, and respect.
1. Data we collect
Account data: Your name, email address, and hashed password when you register.
Conversation data: The messages you send to Samay and the responses generated. This data is stored locally in your browser by default. If you enable conversation history in Settings, messages are stored on our encrypted servers associated with your account.
Journal data: Wisdom cards and notes you explicitly save are stored in your browser's localStorage and, for paid subscribers, on our servers.
Usage data: Anonymised, aggregated data about feature use, session length, and tradition selections — with no conversation content — used to improve the platform. You may opt out in Settings.
Payment data: We do not store payment card details. Payments are processed by a PCI-DSS compliant third-party processor. We retain only a subscription status record.
2. How we use your data
- To provide and improve the Samay dialogue service
- To manage your account and subscription
- To send service emails (account confirmation, password reset, subscription receipts)
- To send the optional weekly insight digest (only if you opt in)
- To analyse anonymised usage patterns and improve the platform
We do not use your conversation content to train AI models. We do not sell your personal data to any third party. We do not serve advertising.
3. Data sharing
We share data only with: Anthropic (AI model provider — conversations are subject to their API data processing terms); cloud infrastructure providers (AWS) for hosting; and payment processors. All providers are bound by data processing agreements. We do not share with data brokers, advertisers, or government agencies except where legally required.
4. Data retention
Account data is retained while your account is active. Conversation history (if enabled) is retained for 90 days and then deleted unless you export it. Journal entries are retained until you delete them or close your account. After account deletion, all personal data is purged within 30 days.
5. Your rights
You have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data at any time. Submit requests to privacy@theeternalsage.com. We will respond within 30 days. If you are in the European Economic Area, you have additional rights under GDPR including the right to object to processing and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
6. Security
Conversations are encrypted in transit using TLS 1.3. Stored data is encrypted at rest. Passwords are hashed using bcrypt. We conduct regular security reviews. In the event of a data breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you within 72 hours of discovery.
7. Cookies
Samay uses only essential functional cookies (session management, preference storage). We do not use tracking or advertising cookies. You may clear cookies at any time via your browser settings.
8. Children
Samay is not directed at children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has created an account, we will delete the account and all associated data.
Usage Policy
Effective date: 1 January 2025 · Last updated: 4 April 2026
This Usage Policy describes what Samay is designed for, how it should and should not be used, and how we handle content on the platform. It complements the Terms of Use.
1. What Samay is designed for
Samay is designed to be a reflective companion — a space to explore life questions through the lens of world mythology and philosophical traditions. It is intended for: personal reflection on life situations, dilemmas, and questions of meaning; educational exploration of mythology and philosophy; creative and philosophical dialogue; emotional perspective-seeking (not professional emotional support).
2. Philosophical, not religious
Samay draws on mythological traditions as philosophical and cultural heritage. It does not represent, advocate for, or favour any religion or denomination. Responses are always framed as interpretive wisdom, not religious instruction or spiritual authority. Samay explicitly treats all traditions — including living ones such as Yoruba, Buddhist, and Shinto traditions — with equal respect and cultural sensitivity.
3. Not a substitute for professional help
Samay is not therapy, counselling, or mental health support. It is not a substitute for medical, legal, financial, or psychological advice. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact a qualified professional or crisis service in your country.
If you share content that suggests immediate risk to yourself or others, Samay is designed to respond with care and direct you to appropriate resources, but it cannot call for help on your behalf.
4. Content standards
We do not permit the platform to be used to generate: content that incites hatred, discrimination, or violence; content that sexualises minors; content designed to harass, threaten, or abuse specific individuals; disinformation presented as factual; or content designed to impersonate others.
We have configured Samay's AI to decline requests that fall outside its intended purpose. Attempting to circumvent these safeguards is a violation of these policies and may result in account suspension.
5. Cultural respect
All 15 mythology traditions included in Samay represent living or historically significant cultures. We have made deliberate editorial choices to treat each tradition as a complete philosophical system, not as exotic decoration. Users are expected to engage with these traditions in the same spirit.
We are particularly mindful of traditions that survived cultural suppression — Mayan, Aztec, Yoruba, Slavic — and Samay is explicitly designed to acknowledge this history rather than erase it.
6. AI transparency
Samay is an AI system. It does not always produce accurate information. It does not have lived experience. It does not remember previous conversations between sessions unless you enable history. It may occasionally reflect biases present in training data. We disclose this clearly and invite users to treat Samay's responses as one perspective to consider, not as authoritative truth.
7. Enforcement
We review flagged content and accounts that appear to violate this policy. Violations may result in a warning, temporary suspension, or permanent account closure depending on severity. We will inform you of any action taken against your account and provide an opportunity to respond unless prohibited by law.