Terms

Last updated 11 November 2026

Who we are

Iris and this website are provided by Paolo Vezzini ("we"). Contact: hello@irismac.com.

What Iris is

Iris is a voice assistant for the Mac. It carries out what you ask on your Mac, through the services you connect, the apps' own scripting and, as a last resort, the screen, mouse and keyboard. It thinks with an AI service you connect through your own account (today Claude Code, which you sign in to with a Claude plan or an API key). Iris provides no AI service of its own.

When you talk to Iris you are talking to software that uses artificial intelligence, not to a person. What it says and writes is generated by the AI service you connected.

Your AI account

You need your own account with the AI provider you connect, and you use it under that provider's terms. Usage of that account counts against your own plan or limits. Iris is not made, endorsed or supported by Anthropic or Apple.

Your responsibility

Iris acts only on your instructions. It asks for your confirmation before anything it recognises as sending, deleting, buying or changing settings; you can raise or lower how often it asks. When you confirm an action, or switch confirmations off, you are responsible for that action and its results. Read what Iris prepares before you say yes, and keep your own backups: on your instruction Iris can delete files, send messages and change settings.

AI can misunderstand and make mistakes. Do not rely on Iris for anything where a mistake could cause serious harm, such as medical, legal, financial or safety decisions, and check important results yourself. «Stop» (or ⌥⎋) halts Iris at any time.

You may not use Iris to break the law, to access systems or accounts you are not allowed to use, or to harm other people.

The beta

What it is

The beta is a pre-release version of Iris that anyone can download and test, to find and fix problems before the public release. It is free. It is not a finished product: it may have bugs, miss features, change from one build to the next and, in rare cases, do the wrong thing. You take part at your own choice and only if you are 18 or older.

Joining

You download the beta from our website. The first time it opens, Iris asks you to join the beta programme, and you accept two separate statements in the app:

• that you are 18 or older and accept these terms;
• that you will test Iris and send the weekly report when it asks, and that you understand the beta is pre-release software: it may have bugs, and it stops working when the beta ends.

You then send us a short sign-up, which Iris shows you in full before it goes; what it contains is in the privacy policy. Joining is required to use the beta.

What testers agree to do

• Install the beta only on your own Macs and use it yourself.
• Report problems when you meet them («Report a problem» in Iris's menu).
• Send the weekly report when Iris asks, as far as you can. The report is a request, not an automatic upload: about once a week Iris prepares it, you read it in full and send it yourself by email. You may skip any week: skipped reports never lock Iris, and after three reports skipped in a row Iris asks whether you want to stay a tester. What a report contains, and what it never contains, is in the privacy policy. Whether to include the words of your requests is a separate box in every report, off by default.
• Do not redistribute the beta build: anyone who wants it can download it from our website.
• Tell us before publishing reviews or videos of the beta, so that we can tell you what is about to change.

What we agree to do

• Give you beta updates in the app during the beta.
• Read your reports, use them only to improve Iris, and delete them as the privacy policy says.
• Remind you at least 14 days before the beta ends, in the app and by email.

Updates during the beta

The beta changes as we fix it: updates may add, change or remove features. That is the purpose of a test build. If an update changes something you relied on, you can stop using the beta at any time; there is nothing to refund.

When the beta ends

The beta ends on 31 December 2026, and the beta build stops working then, after the notice above. Your settings, your profile, your routines and anything Iris made for you stay on your Mac, and carry over to the public release if you install it. We may also end the beta early or remove a tester who redistributes the build or breaks these terms, with the same notice.

No charge, no warranty during the beta

The beta is free and experimental. We do not promise that it works, that it is error-free or uninterrupted, or that it fits a particular purpose. By accepting the beta statement in the app when you join, you expressly accept that the beta differs in this way from a finished product. This does not take away the rights the law gives you as a consumer, described below.

Licence

During the beta we give you a personal, free, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and use the beta build of Iris on Macs you own or control, for your own use and for testing. You may not sell, rent, redistribute or publicly share the build, or remove its name or notices. The licence lasts as long as the beta.

The licence of Iris's source code will be stated when the code is published.

The name «Iris», its logo and the look of its orb identify this project. Modified or derived versions that others distribute must use another name and logo, whatever licence the code is under.

Trademarks

Iris is an independent project, not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Anthropic or Apple. «Claude» and «Claude Code» are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC. «Mac», «macOS» and «Apple silicon» are trademarks of Apple Inc. These names are used only to say what Iris works with.

Liability

We are liable without limit for wilful misconduct, gross negligence, death or personal injury, and in every case where the law does not allow liability to be limited.

Beyond that, since Iris is free and the beta is a test build you have expressly accepted as such, we are not liable for losses that come from a problem you were told about or could see in the report, from an action you confirmed or ran with confirmations switched off, from the AI service you connected, or from not keeping backups. Nothing in these terms limits the rights you have as a consumer under the law of the country where you live.

This website

You may use this website for your own information. Do not attempt to disrupt it or misuse its forms. Our privacy policy explains what we do with the data you send.

Changes

We may update these terms. The new version is published here with a new date; testers are told by email. If you do not agree with a change, stop using Iris; there is nothing to pay or refund.

Law and language

These terms are governed by Italian law, without prejudice to the mandatory consumer protections of the country where you live. Any dispute may be brought before the courts of your place of residence or domicile if you are a consumer.

These terms are published in English and Italian. The two versions have the same meaning; if you live in Italy and the two differ, the Italian text applies.