AI & Creator Rights
Our commitments to human-led, consent-based AI practices
At Blue Banana Farm, we believe AI should amplify human creativity, not replace it. These commitments guide everything we build—they're not aspirational goals, they're our active policies right now.
We're building an AI-first studio engine to help small teams compete with major studios. But we're doing it in a way that respects creator rights, maintains human creative control, and operates with transparency.
Our commitments
1. Humans lead creative decisions
AI tools help us iterate faster, but every creative decision is made by humans. AI assists; humans approve.
We believe technology should amplify human creativity, not replace it. Our workflows are designed so that AI handles repetitive tasks and generates options, but the creative judgment, artistic vision, and final decisions always come from people.
2. Consent + compensation for likeness/voice
We will never create digital replicas of voices, likenesses, or performances without explicit consent and fair compensation.
Your identity and creative work belong to you. If we ever work on something that involves replicating or using someone's voice, likeness, or performance style, we'll have clear agreements in place first—with explicit consent and fair compensation. No surprises, no unauthorized use.
3. Credit matters
We maintain clear attribution practices and give credit where credit is due.
Recognition of creative contributions is fundamental to our process. Whether it's a writer, artist, voice actor, or collaborator—we believe in clear attribution. AI is a tool in the process, but the humans who guide that process deserve credit for their work.
4. Rights-aware inputs
We use commercially-licensed AI models and are not training our own AIs. We prioritize licensed and permissioned sources, respecting intellectual property rights at every step.
We don't feed your work into training pipelines. We use commercially-licensed AI models (like GPT, Claude, etc.) that have their own licensing and data practices. When we work with partners or collaborators, we use permissioned inputs—content we have the rights to use. Your IP stays yours.
5. Human review gates
Before anything is released, all kid-facing content goes through dual automated and staff safety checks.
Human oversight is built into our workflow, not bolted on afterward. We use automated safety checks (tone, content, age-appropriateness) plus human review before anything reaches families. For creator-facing tools, we apply the same principle: review gates are part of the process, ensuring quality and safety at every step.
6. Transparency over hype
We share our process, learnings, and progress through our Build Journal. No hype, just honest updates.
We're building in public through our Build Journal. We share what's working, what's not, and what we're still figuring out. We're honest about our current stage (prototype year), our capabilities (now vs. coming), and our limitations. Transparency builds trust.
Why these commitments matter
The AI industry has a trust problem with creators—and for good reason. Too many companies have treated creative work as free training data, built tools that threaten livelihoods, or made promises they couldn't keep.
We're taking a different approach. We believe:
- •AI should be a tool that amplifies human creativity, not a replacement for it
- •Small studios and independent creators deserve access to studio-grade tools
- •Rights, consent, and credit aren't optional—they're fundamental
- •Transparency and honesty build trust better than marketing hype
These commitments aren't perfect, and we'll keep refining them as we learn. But they represent our values and our approach to building AI tools that respect creators.
How we're building
We're in our prototype year, building the Blue Banana Farm Studio Engine—AI-first workflows for creating safe, adaptive story worlds.
For ourselves first
We're building these workflows for our own story worlds (Tuckaway Harbor, Charlie & the Clouds, etc.). We're the first users, so we feel the pain points and benefits directly.
Packaging for others
As we learn what works, we're packaging those workflows, guardrails, and patterns so other studios and creators can use them too.
Learn more about working with us on our Creators & Studios page.
Questions?
If you have questions about our AI practices, creator rights commitments, or how we're building—reach out.
kim@bluebananafarm.comWe read every message and respond within 2-3 business days.
These commitments are living documents. As we learn and as the AI landscape evolves, we'll update them. Any changes will be shared transparently through our Build Journal.