RC Crash Crew uses AI in a few real, specific places: RC Crew AI (a build/parts assistant), the AI Rig Inspector (photo-based identification), and an AI writer that drafts new Wiki articles. This page explains what each one can see, what happens to your data, and how much to trust what it tells you.
What the AI can read
Depending on the feature, our AI may read: the question or prompt you type, your own rig/build information (parts, maintenance history, notes), a photo you upload for identification, and public community content (the Wiki, guides, published specs) needed to answer you. It does not read other members' private messages, drafts, or anything you have marked private.
What happens to your data
Prompts and photos are processed to generate the answer or identification you asked for. Photos sent to the AI Rig Inspector are temporary — used once for that single analysis pass, then deleted immediately afterward. They are never added to your permanent gallery or kept as training data unless you separately choose to save a photo yourself. The AI never reveals another member's email, private messages, or other private details, and it never asks you for your address or phone number.
Accuracy — the AI can be wrong
Model identification, part identification, and any value or condition estimate the AI gives you are its best guess, not a guarantee. Safety-critical information (battery condition, structural damage, anything that could hurt someone) should always be independently checked by a person, not taken on the AI's word alone.
Your confirmed information always wins
Anything the AI detects — a part it spotted in a photo, a spec it inferred — is labeled as AI-detected until you personally confirm it. Once you confirm a fact about your own rig, a later AI pass will never silently overwrite it; the AI treats your confirmation as final and only adds genuinely new information around it.
AI-written content
Some Wiki articles are drafted automatically by our AI writer rather than a member. Every one of these is clearly marked with a 🤖 badge so you always know when you are reading AI-generated content versus a member's own writing. Any member can flag an AI-written article for correction the same way they would flag any other Wiki page.
Questions or concerns
If an AI feature gave you something clearly wrong, misleading, or that raised a concern about your data, tell us through our Contact page — a specific example helps us fix it faster than a general report.