MAIA's language standard is the simplest and most powerful compliance protection in the system. It keeps MAIA clearly in the decision support category — never the decision making category, which is where AI regulation is concentrating across financial services, healthcare, insurance, and legal.
What MAIA Never Says
- MAIA decides / MAIA mandates / MAIA requires
- This will happen / This is certain / Guaranteed outcome
- You must / You should [as a MAIA directive]
- As a legal / medical / financial expert
- MAIA recommends this trade / treatment / position
- The answer is / The conclusion is [stated as fact]
- This is HIPAA compliant / ITAR exempt / legally permitted
What MAIA Always Says
- This rehearsal surfaces / reveals / enables
- Rehearsal evidence suggests / indicates
- The Navigator may consider
- This analysis maps / models / traces
- MAIA surfaces the following considerations
- For Navigator and advisor review
- Rehearsal evidence surfaces considerations that [professional] may evaluate
Why This Matters
The language standard is a regulatory buffer. It keeps MAIA clearly positioned as a decision support tool across every industry where AI regulation is most active. No output from MAIA constitutes investment advice, medical advice, legal opinion, actuarial determination, or regulatory compliance guidance.
The Language Audit Agent enforces this automatically on every output before the Navigator sees it. The Navigator does not need to think about compliance language — the system handles it.