What Data is Sent to AI Assist?

MAXQDA AI Assist uses large language models to support you throughout your analysis, from working with texts and codes to chatting with your data.

The table below outlines the data of your project sent to the large language model for each feature:

Feature

Data Sent

Explain Text
Translate Text

Selected text passage

Summarize Text Passage

Selected text passage

Summarize Document

Selected document text
+ its document name

Summarize Coded Segments

Selected coded segments
+ their code names
+ names of their source documents

Summarize Coded Segment into Comment

Selected coded segment

Summary Grid

Coded segments
+ name of their source document
+ code name

Paraphrase

Selected text passage

Suggest Subcodes

Selected coded segments
+ their code names
+ their source documents' names

Suggest New Code

Selected text passage

AI Coding for Documents

Selected document texts
+ their document names

Name of selected code
+ its hierarchy path
+ its code memo's main text

AI Coding for Coded Segments & Survey Responses

Selected coded segments/survey responses

Names of selected codes
+ their code memos' main texts

Group Codes

Names of selected codes (without their hierarchy paths)
+ their code memos' main texts

AI Report

Selected document texts
+ their document names
+ analysis question

Chat with Documents

Selected document texts
+ their document and document group names

Chat with Code System

Names of selected codes
+ their hierarchy paths
+ their code memos' main texts (if the option is selected)
+ their frequencies (if the option is selected)

Chat with Coded Segments

Selected coded segments
+ their code names
+ document and document group names of their sources

Chat with Memos

Selected memos' main text
+ memo titles, labels, and summary texts
+ memo sources (e.g., document or code names)
+ names of linked codes with their hierarchy paths
+ linked coded segments with paragraph numbers and code names

Chat with Manual

[no project data is sent]

  • If you include additional instructions in your query, these will also be sent to the large language model.
  • Information stored in document, code, or focus group participant variables is never sent to a large language model.

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