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| license: apache-2.0 | |
| title: Tether AI | |
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| short_description: free, trauma-informed AI tool that detects emotional abuse | |
| # 🔍 Detecting Hidden Harm: Abuse Language Patterns with Tether AI | |
| Tether is a free, trauma-informed AI tool that detects emotional abuse patterns in text messages. It was built for survivors, by a survivor — blending behavioral science, NLP, and lived experience to uncover what often goes unseen. | |
| While most AI tools focus on obvious toxicity or profanity, Tether specializes in **covert abuse**: | |
| Gaslighting. Guilt-tripping. Control. DARVO. | |
| The things that leave no bruise, but devastate your sense of self. | |
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| ## 🎯 Mission | |
| Tether exists to help people recognize patterns of harm in language — especially those trapped in emotionally abusive relationships who can't quite name what’s happening to them. | |
| This is not a commercial product. There are no ads, no accounts, and no tracking. | |
| It’s here because I lived it. And because I know how hard it is to see clearly while you’re still in it. | |
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| ## 🔍 What It Detects | |
| Tether flags emotional and psychological abuse patterns at the **message level**, including: | |
| - **Control** – overt and covert restrictions on autonomy | |
| - **Gaslighting** – reality distortion, denial, contradiction | |
| - **Blame Shifting** – manipulation of responsibility | |
| - **Dismissiveness** – minimization, shutdown, invalidation | |
| - **Recovery Phase** – manipulative calm following escalation | |
| - **DARVO** – defensive reversal of blame | |
| - **Guilt Tripping**, **Projection**, **Obscure Language**, and more | |
| Each label is assigned based on trained thresholds, tone, and contextual pattern analysis. | |
| It also provides: | |
| - **Abuse Score (0–100%)** | |
| - **Emotional Tone (anger, disgust, fear, neutral, etc.)** | |
| - **Motif Tags** for repeat patterns | |
| - **Risk Estimation** (early, escalating, or high-risk) | |
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| ## 🧠 How It Works | |
| - **Model:** Fine-tuned RoBERTa, multi-label classification | |
| - **Dataset:** Custom, real-language abuse dataset curated by survivors & reviewed for clinical clarity | |
| - **Emotion Detection:** `j-hartmann/emotion-english-distilroberta-base` | |
| - **Visualization:** Real-time timeline chart for multiple messages | |
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| ## ⚠️ Safety + Disclaimer | |
| Tether is **not a diagnostic tool**. It does **not replace therapy**, legal support, or personal judgment. | |
| Instead, it offers **a mirror** — one that can help you ask deeper questions about how you're being spoken to. | |
| If you’re in an unsafe situation, we recommend reaching out to a support network or crisis line. For U.S. residents, the **National Domestic Violence Hotline** is available 24/7 at 800-799-7233 or via text/chat. | |
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| ## 🧪 Use Cases | |
| - 🧍 Survivors seeking clarity on relationship patterns | |
| - 🧑⚖️ Legal or DV advocates reviewing communication logs | |
| - 🧠 Behavioral researchers modeling patterns of harm | |
| - 📱 People asking, *“Is this message okay?”* and needing an honest, emotionally neutral lens | |
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| ## 🔗 Try it | |
| ▶️ **Live App**: [https://huggingface.co/spaces/SamanthaStorm/tether](https://huggingface.co/spaces/SamanthaStorm/tether) | |
| 🌐 **More Info**: [https://www.usetetherai.com](https://www.usetetherai.com) | |
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| ## 👩💻 About the Creator | |
| Tether is built by **Samantha Parnham**, a behavioral scientist, survivor, and advocate for trauma-aware tech. Her work blends ABA, psychology, and AI to create tools that help people feel seen, supported, and safe. | |
| title: Abuse Pattern Detector V2 | |
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| Check out the configuration reference at https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-config-reference |