Yes. Open @Emcbearbot on Telegram and accept the Terms to start — no invite code required. You must be 18+ (or use Emily with a parent or guardian who accepts the Terms on your behalf).

No. Message Emily like you'd text a friend — plain sentences work for studying, directions, reminders, and memory. Shortcuts like /help exist if you want them.

Yes. Send Telegram voice notes or lecture recordings — Emily transcribes them for tutoring and proofreading. Replies are text by default; optional voice replies follow when voice is on. Say voice off or text only for faster text-only replies.

Only when you share it in Telegram (attach → Location). Emily keeps it briefly (~15 minutes) for directions, weather, arrival reminders, and Uber estimates — not continuous tracking. Family check-ins are separate and student-initiated.

Yes. Like any AI, Emily can be incomplete or wrong. Campus and file-based answers use your school's information and materials you share; Emily may say when she is uncertain. Use Emily to learn and organize — not as the final word on grades, medical, or legal matters.

No. Emily is built for university students with study modes, campus help, memory you control, published policies, and clear boundaries — not a general chat app.

Allowed when genuinely academic; blocked when sexualized or romantic roleplay.

Safety filtering yes; surveillance no. Violations logged locally 30 days. Trusted contact only for crisis or spend alerts.

Refused, logged locally, no parent alert unless mental-health crisis.

Say false alarm or send /appeal in Telegram. Emily logs the appeal for parent review via the rescue pipeline — not an instant bypass of real safety boundaries.

Say "I have feedback: …" or /feedback in Telegram to reach the Emily team. For beta bugs you can also email [email protected].

Yes — say "forget everything", use private mode, or ask to delete specific items. A full wipe may require a forget PIN if a parent enabled one. See Privacy Policy for exceptions (e.g. files already in your Google Drive).

No — augmentation for after-hours clarification and practice.

Roadmap. Contact [email protected] for pilot interest.

Checklists, deadlines, essay guidance — not ghostwritten essays. Use proofreading on your draft.

Research and official links — not resume/cover-letter writing.

Opt-in student-initiated check-ins — not continuous tracking.

Opt-in, encrypted, private scope by default.

Assignments, classes, Drive links, reminders — when OAuth configured.

Primarily on dedicated infrastructure you connect to via Telegram — local-first JSON and SQLite, not a multi-tenant student cloud. Optional copies go to your Google Drive when you export. See Privacy Policy.

Yes. Say "export my data" in Telegram for a ZIP (about once per 24 hours) with chats, memory, quiz progress, and more. You can also save chats to Google Drive — see /safety/#backups.

Partially. When Google Drive is connected, Emily auto-syncs your chat transcript, latest session, notes, and timetable to your Drive exports/ folder after you chat. Memory and quiz progress do not auto-sync — use full export. Emily does not guarantee data can never be lost; export copies you keep are your safety net.

Saying "forget everything" wipes data on Emily's server, but files already in your Google Drive stay there. Export first if you want a complete archive before forgetting.

Emily uses AI services to generate replies. By default, your name and personal details are replaced with generic labels on Emily's server before those calls — the real mapping never leaves Emily, and replies are checked so labels do not leak back to you. See /safety/#privacy-shield. Subprocessors are listed at /subprocessors.

If an AI provider only saw partial redactions (like J*** S***), someone could piece clues together across many queries. Emily uses fixed generic labels instead — and keeps the real name map on her server only — to reduce that risk. On by default.

Yes. Before chat (except /help and /emergency), you confirm you are 18+ and agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy.

Emily ships with campus knowledge for your configured institution. Pilot default: **Western University in London, Ontario** — especially the **science program**. Ask about Weldon Library, science buildings, or transit; generic university answers are a fallback.