# Kagi Assistant privacy rating

AI assistant from Kagi that combines several third-party language models with Kagi Search results, available with a Kagi account.

## Summary

Kagi Assistant scores 54 out of 100 (grade D) on the AI assistants criteria. It meets 5 of 12 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, security headers, no training on your data and limited chat retention. It partly meets transparency report and TLS configuration. It does not meet open source, independent audit, tells users about requests, runs locally and no account needed. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A+.

- Website: https://assistant.kagi.com
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Platforms: Web
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [AI assistants](https://privacyratings.com/ai-assistants/)
- Also rated: [Kagi](https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/kagi/) (Search engines), [Kagi Translate](https://privacyratings.com/translation/kagi-translate/) (Translation)
- Grade: D (54/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | The site loads no analytics or telemetry. | https://kagi.com/privacy |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by paid subscriptions, with no ads. | https://kagi.com/pricing |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |
| Transparency report | Partial | The privacy policy includes a warrant canary, but no request counts are published. | https://kagi.com/privacy |
| Tells users about requests | No | No published policy on notifying users about data requests. |  |
| TLS configuration | Partial | Grade B | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=assistant.kagi.com&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Yes | Grade A+ (105/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=assistant.kagi.com |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |
| No training on your data | Yes | Kagi does not train on chats and uses third-party providers that do not save data or train on it whenever possible. | https://kagi.com/privacy |
| Runs locally | No | Hosted only. |  |
| Limited chat retention | Yes | Threads are deleted automatically after one day by default, and can be deleted immediately. Reported threads are kept longer. | https://kagi.com/privacy |
| No account needed | No | A Kagi account is required. | https://kagi.com/pricing |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/ai-assistants/kagi-assistant/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/ai-assistants/kagi-assistant.md