What IAN does and doesn't do. Plus how to use it responsibly.

What you should know

IAN is powerful. It's also not magic. And it can be confidently wrong. Read this before you will start.

IAN is a tool, not a human

It's really good at:

  • Answering questions fast
  • Summarizing huge documents
  • Explaining complicated things simply
  • Brainstorming and drafting

It's bad at:

  • Being the final authority on anything
  • Legal advice (ask a lawyer)
  • Medical advice (ask a doctor)
  • Financial advice (ask a financial advisor)
  • Guaranteeing accuracy (it hallucinates sometimes)
  • Keeping secrets (your data is stored securely but admins can see it)

Rule of thumb: If getting it wrong would cause a problem, don't rely on IAN alone. Verify with a human or official source.


What IAN actually does

Summarizes long emails, reports, documents
Answers questions about documents you upload
Drafts emails, outlines, proposals
Explains complex concepts in simple language
Brainstorms ideas (sometimes good ideas, sometimes bad ones)
Extracts data from PDFs and spreadsheets
Translates between languages (imperfectly)


What IAN doesn't do

Access your email, calendar, or files — You have to upload things manually
Make decisions for you — It advises; you decide
Guarantee accuracy — Always fact-check important stuff
Provide legal, medical, or financial advice — Even if you ask nicely
Keep your data private from admins — They can see your chats for compliance/audit purposes
Bypass security policies — It respects data classification rules (ask your admin what that means)


How to use it responsibly

If you're in HR

Use IAN to:

  • Draft emails or policies
  • Summarize employee handbooks
  • Explain benefits to new hires

Don't use IAN to:

  • Make hiring or firing decisions (that's on you)
  • Bypass legal review (HR Legal should sign off on policy changes)
  • Ignore employment laws (IAN can't substitute for actual legal advice)

If you're in Claims or Underwriting

Use IAN to:

  • Summarize claim documents
  • Spot potential issues in applications
  • Draft follow-up letters

Don't use IAN to:

  • Approve or deny claims without human review (humans decide; IAN advises)
  • Ignore your underwriting guidelines (IAN doesn't know your company's rules)
  • Use it as the only source of truth (verify with actual underwriting systems)

If you're in Actuarial

Use IAN to:

  • Explain modeling approaches
  • Draft technical summaries
  • Help brainstorm scenarios

Don't use IAN to:

  • Run actual calculations (use your modeling software)
  • Make reserve estimates (use your validation systems)
  • Treat it as a substitute for actuarial judgment (it's not)

If you're in Sales or Marketing

Use IAN to:

  • Draft proposals and emails
  • Research prospects
  • Brainstorm messaging

Don't use IAN to:

  • Make up facts about competitors (verify before sharing)
  • Create misleading marketing claims (tell the truth)
  • Pretend it wrote something a human wrote (disclose AI involvement if your company requires it)

Privacy and data

Your chats are:

  • Encrypted (so snoopers can't read them in transit)
  • Stored on Xceedance servers (not some random cloud)
  • Not sent to LLM vendors in identifiable form (your data isn't used to train their models)
  • Visible to your organization's admins (for legal/compliance reasons)
  • Not your private property (it's company data)

Before you upload:

  • Check that you have permission to share the document
  • If it contains classified or sensitive data, ask your admin first
  • Redact personally identifiable information (names, SSNs, etc.) if possible

See Privacy Policy and Data Security for the legal version.


Acceptable use (the basics)

Use IAN for your work — That's what it's for
Verify important facts — Before relying on them
Report issues — See something broken? Tell us
Ask for help — Don't know something? Ask a human or support

Don't upload classified data without permission — Ask your admin first
Don't use it to harass or discriminate — Don't be that person
Don't circumvent security policies — We take this seriously
Don't claim AI-generated work as entirely your own — Not honest

Full policy: Acceptable Use Policy


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Questions?

Contact support or see FAQ.