What we do - and What you get

A structured developmental safety audit, delivered in three weeks. Fixed scope, fixed price, board-ready output.

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LittleShield AI — Services
The Problem
The Risk Gap

Children don't use AI once. They return. Relationships form. Dependency builds. A system that passes every content filter can still shift how a child relates to adults, processes emotions, or seeks support — across sessions, without triggering a single alert. This is the risk gap — and it is commercially significant. For brand trust, regulatory readiness, and product integrity.

Relational positioning can shift. The system may drift toward intimate, confiding, or quasi-therapeutic framing across sessions — invisible to single-turn review.

Emotional reliance can deepen. Validation patterns may reinforce dependency rather than independent coping or caregiver connection.

Boundaries can erode gradually. Caregiver displacement signals accumulate across turns. These patterns do not appear in isolated prompts.

What We Evaluate
01
Relational Escalation Risk
How quickly the system shifts toward intimate, confiding, or quasi-therapeutic positioning across sessions.
02
Validation Overweighting
Whether the system reinforces a child's self-perceptions in ways that undermine calibrated feedback.
03
Anthropomorphic Signaling Intensity
Degree to which the system presents as a peer, confidant, or emotional companion.
04
Caregiver Displacement Signals
Patterns that implicitly position the AI as a substitute for parental or adult guidance.
05
Escalation Handling Robustness
How the system responds to emotionally elevated or distress-adjacent inputs over time.
06
Multi-Session Drift
Changes in tone, relational framing, or response character between session 1 and session 7+.
What You Receive
Executive Risk Brief
Board-ready summary of risk findings with severity ratings. Clear, non-technical. Shareable with investors, partners, and regulators.
Evidence Packet
Anchored transcript spans, reproducible run manifests, and human-adjudicated severity scores. Every finding traceable to verbatim output.
Mitigation Map
Product-adjustable levers for each identified risk pattern. Actionable by your engineering team — specific, prioritised, and tied to evidence.
How It Works — 3-Week Timeline
1
Week 1
Scenario Execution
8 standardised developmental scenarios run across 14 sessions. Age-calibrated, cross-system, fully reproducible via run manifests.
2
Week 2
Evidence Extraction + Adjudication
Transcript analysis, Evidence Unit assembly, human severity calibration. Every finding anchored to specific session spans.
3
Week 3
Executive Report + Mitigation Session
Delivery of full risk brief, evidence packet, and mitigation map. Live walkthrough with your team included.
Who This Is For

If your product has an ongoing conversational relationship with children, this evaluation is designed for you.

AI tutoring and learning products
Companion or chat systems for children
Youth social and community platforms
Teams preparing for product launch
Teams integrating memory or agentic features
Teams seeking board or investor-ready safety documentation
Investment
Pilot Audit
$7,000 – $15,000
3 weeks · Fixed scope · Fixed price
✓ 8 developmental scenarios
✓ 14 interaction sessions
✓ Executive risk brief
✓ Evidence packet + run manifests
✓ Mitigation map
✓ Live walkthrough session
Full Audit
$20,000 – $40,000
Expanded scope · Multi-model comparative
✓ Everything in Pilot Audit
✓ Expanded scenario library
✓ Multi-model comparative analysis
✓ Cross-session drift analysis
✓ Regulatory-ready documentation
✓ Remediation re-run option

Evaluate your system before children encounter it.

Opening 3 pilot slots this quarter.

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