Privacy

This page describes what the USASI website actually does with information. It is written for the site as built: a set of static files served by a hosting provider.

Summary

• USASI sets no cookies. Filter choices are not stored in localStorage, sessionStorage, or IndexedDB.
• Visitor measurement uses cookie-free Cloudflare Web Analytics and cookie-free PostHog (page visits, clicks, and session replay with masked inputs), described below.
• Fonts, images, and application scripts are served from the same site. Cloudflare's measurement script and PostHog's script also load when those services are enabled.
• Search and filtering run in your browser. Your search text is not sent to a USASI application server, except that it appears in the page address (for example ?q=…) so that links can be shared and the back button works, and the same address is included in ordinary analytics reports.
• The hosting provider that serves the files receives ordinary web request information, as described below.

Hosting

The site is a static export. There is no USASI application server, database, account system, or form that stores submissions. The files are delivered by a hosting provider chosen by the project owner. Like any web host, the provider receives standard request information — such as your IP address, the page address requested (including any ?q= search text in it), your browser's user-agent, and the time — and may log it for security, abuse prevention, and operations. That processing is governed by the hosting provider's own privacy policy, not by USASI. Depending on the provider's security configuration, the provider itself may set short-lived security cookies; USASI does not add any.

Cloudflare Web Analytics

USASI uses Cloudflare's free Web Analytics to measure page views and page performance. Cloudflare adds its measurement script to pages and receives statistics about visits and loading performance. This does not create a USASI account or a paid tier.

Cloudflare describes Web Analytics as cookie-free and says it does not track individual visitors across customers' websites. Its analytics does not log URL query strings, including the search and filter values used on this site. The script is served from static.cloudflareinsights.com; with automatic setup, measurement reports go to this domain's /cdn-cgi/rum endpoint, operated by Cloudflare. Ordinary network request information still reaches Cloudflare as the hosting provider, as described above.

USASI does not use advertising pixels or share reader information with sponsors. See Cloudflare's Web Analytics documentation (external site: developers.cloudflare.com), collection details (external site: developers.cloudflare.com), and privacy policy (external site: cloudflare.com) for the provider's practices.

PostHog

USASI also uses PostHog to see how people move through the site: which pages are viewed, when a page is left, and clicks and similar interactions on the page (autocapture). Session replay stores a reconstruction of the visit so the operator can watch anonymized sessions; text typed into form fields is masked. This site does not create user accounts or call PostHog's identify function, so PostHog is configured not to build a lasting person profile from a casual visit.

PostHog is configured with memory-only persistence: it does not set cookies and does not write to localStorage or sessionStorage. Identifiers exist only in the browser's memory for that page visit, so a reload or a later visit is not tied to the earlier one by a cookie this site set.

The first script is served from this site (/analytics.js). Analytics requests then go through a first-party address, e.unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com, which forwards them to PostHog's US cloud (us.i.posthog.com). It doesn't set or read cookies and only forwards the measurement data. PostHog now also records the names of certain link clicks: outbound links (domain and path only, no query), App Store links and download links. Those reports include the page address (including any ?q= search text), browser and device details, and the approximate location PostHog derives from IP address. USASI does not use PostHog for advertising, and does not share this information with sponsors.

See PostHog's privacy policy (external site: posthog.com), JavaScript web docs (external site: posthog.com), and session replay docs (external site: posthog.com) for the provider's practices.

Storage in your browser

The site does not use cookies, localStorage, sessionStorage, or IndexedDB. Filter choices live only in the page address. PostHog's identifiers, when present, stay in page memory for that visit only, as described above.

External links

Entries link to official pages, repositories, model hubs, license files, and other sources. Following a link takes you to that site, where its own privacy practices apply. External links are marked with an arrow and are sent with rel="noreferrer", so the destination is not told which USASI page you came from. Links for reporting corrections or editing entries go to GitHub, when a repository is configured, and GitHub's policies apply there.

Share links, copy buttons, and badges

The share buttons on catalog pages are ordinary links to each service's own share page (X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Reddit, Hacker News, or your email app). Nothing is loaded from those services, and nothing is sent to them, unless you follow one; the link passes only the page's address and title. "Copy link" and the citation copy buttons use your browser's clipboard and store nothing.

Maintainers of listed projects may show a "Listed in USASI" badge on their own pages. Maintainers of projects on AI on GitHub or models on AI on Hugging Face may show a rank badge that links to that page. Each badge is a small image file served from this site. A browser that shows the badge requests the image from this site's host like any other file (on GitHub, GitHub's image proxy makes the request). USASI keeps no separate record of those requests.

Optional homepage advertisement

The homepage may display one panel labeled "Advertisement · Paid sponsor" below the directory previews and before news. With no sponsor configured, it renders nothing. Its logo is a local image; it contains no embeds, third-party scripts, pixels, or tracking links. USASI does not share reader data with sponsors, and viewing the panel sends no request to the sponsor. The one paid link uses rel="sponsored noopener noreferrer"; if you follow it, the destination's privacy practices apply. Sponsorship does not change catalog or editorial decisions.

Email and social profiles

If you email USASI at the contact address, your message and address are received through the project's email provider (Gmail, operated by Google) and handled under that provider's terms. USASI uses them to reply and to act on corrections or suggestions.

USASI's profiles on GitHub, Hugging Face, X, YouTube, Bluesky, and Truth Social are ordinary links. The site does not embed posts, videos, follow buttons, or widgets from those platforms, so they receive nothing unless you choose to visit them.

Weekly email

The "Subscribe" button for the USASI weekly is an ordinary link to a signup page hosted by the newsletter provider (beehiiv). USASI's website does not collect, store, or see email addresses. If you subscribe, your address is held by the provider under its own terms and privacy policy; you can unsubscribe from any issue. Like most email services, the provider measures whether an email was opened and which links were clicked. After you sign up, the provider's page may suggest a few other newsletters that USASI recommends; subscribing to any of them is your choice and gives your address to that newsletter. USASI is not paid for these recommendations. What the weekly email contains. USASI does not share subscriber information with sponsors. The news on this site is also available by RSS at /news/feed.xml, which requires no signup.

Tipping

When a tip link is configured, it is an ordinary link to an external tip or payment provider. USASI does not embed checkout forms or payment scripts, and no information is exchanged with the provider unless you follow the link. Anything you do on the provider's site — including payment details you enter — is handled by the provider under its own terms and privacy policy. USASI does not receive card details and does not keep a list of people who tip.

Changes

Material changes to this page are recorded in the changelog.