How AI assistance is bounded

Image and text assistance can suggest a likely field, category, title or description. It does not authenticate an item, establish provenance, appraise value or replace specialist or legal advice.

The system is instructed to preserve uncertainty and avoid adding maker, date, material, condition, provenance or value claims that are not supported by the user input. Users must review and correct the draft before publication.

Only the information needed for the requested assistance should be sent to the configured model provider. Passwords, payment-card data, identity documents and unrelated personal data must not be placed in a listing prompt.

A manual path remains available. AI output is editable, its use does not create a higher trust status and a user should be able to continue without accepting a suggestion.

Provider, model, prompt version, safety controls and material incidents are governed operationally. Material changes that alter user expectations require an updated notice and product review.