Last updated October 16, 2026

How Storyfold uses AI

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We think parents should know exactly what a computer did and what a person did in every book. Here it is, no fine print.

Library books (Storyfold Originals)

The stories are written by people on the Storyfold team. The illustrations are generated with an AI image model (currently OpenAI image models) from art direction we write for each page, then reviewed by a person before a book is published. The low-ink and coloring-page editions are derived from the same art. Every published book says “Illustrated with AI” on its page and on the back cover.

Books you make in the studio

You tell the story, typed or spoken. AI helps shape your words into pages (you can edit every line), draws your characters from your descriptions, and illustrates each page. Nothing is generated without you asking for it, and nothing is published anywhere unless you choose to share it. We never use your stories, characters or children's names to train AI models, and our AI providers are contractually barred from doing so with API data.

Your voice

When you speak a story, the audio is sent to a transcription model, turned into text, and the audio file is deleted right away. We do not keep recordings and we do not create voiceprints.

Safety

Every prompt, story and image passes through automated safety checks tuned for young children, plus a block list for famous characters and brands. People review anything that gets flagged. If a page ever looks wrong, use the Report button; a person will look at it.

Who owns what

Your words are yours. Under current US Copyright Office guidance, material that is purely AI-generated is not protected by copyright, while human-written text and a person's creative selection and arrangement can be. So: your written story is yours; the AI illustrations in your book may not be copyrightable by anyone; the Storyfold name, our written stories and our library as a collection are ours. See the Terms of Service for the details.

AI is not perfect

Models make mistakes: an extra finger, a character whose hat changes color, a sentence that does not land. Please read every book before bedtime, and tell us when something is off so we can fix it.