How we use AI, and how we do not.

What does that mean in plain language?

Our content is human-authored with AI-assisted research. AI helps with first drafts, source synthesis, and writing speed. A human subject matter expert (Nick Miller, an ex CTE teacher and current IT Service Center Manager) reviews, edits, and approves every quiz question, flashcard, practice exam item, lesson script, and simulator ticket before it goes live. Nothing publishes without that human review.

We do not market our content as "AI-generated questions." CompTIA's Unauthorized Training Materials policy explicitly prohibits using AI or LLMs to generate exam-related content. We follow that line. What we do is generate first drafts from public authoritative sources, then apply meaningful human creative judgment per US Copyright Office 2025 guidance on AI-assisted works. The result is human-authored content that AI helped produce, not AI-generated content presented as our own.

We do not train AI models on your personal account data. We do not sell your account data to AI model providers. We do not feed copyrighted study guides or competitor materials into our content pipeline.

How does AI help with content?

AI is a drafting assistant in our workflow. A human (Nick) picks the topic, the depth, the angle, and the examples. AI proposes a first draft from the source material we point it at. The human then rewrites where the AI missed nuance, fixes factual gaps, adjusts tone to match the platform voice, validates every claim against the cited source, and approves the final item.

Every quiz question, flashcard, and practice exam item maps to a specific CompTIA objective code. Each carries source citations (the CompTIA objective PDF page, NIST publication, IETF RFC, or vendor doc that grounds the claim). If something is incorrect, email us. We log every report, track the fix, and credit the reader who flagged it.

Where does our source material come from?

We work from public authoritative sources only. Every approved item cites at least one of them. The categories are:

• Official CompTIA exam objectives. Public PDFs that define what each certification tests. The spine of every study track on the platform.
• NIST publications. Special Publications (the SP 800 series for security), federal standards documents. Public domain.
• IETF RFCs. The protocol documents that define how networking actually works.
• Public vendor documentation. Microsoft Learn, AWS Docs, Cisco DevNet, Apple Developer, Linux man pages. Researched, then written in our own words.
• Wikipedia and OpenStax. Open-licensed reference material. Cross-checked against primary sources before use.
• Original content created by Revtek. Videos, blog posts, lab notes, and teaching materials produced by Nick over years of IT and classroom work.

We do not pull transcripts, scripts, or proprietary content from other CompTIA training providers (Professor Messer, Mike Meyers, Sybex, ExamCompass, Pocket Prep, and similar). We do not feed copyrighted study guides into AI drafting tools. Other people's paid work is for personal study reference, not source material for our content.

What is the Revy study buddy?

Inside the app, Revy is a character who reacts to your choices, suggests next steps, and walks you through scenarios. Revy's scripted dialogue (the lines you see in Adventure scenes and scene recaps) is human-authored, same workflow as the question content.

For in-product hints and on-demand explanation, Revy is backed by a large language model with guardrails that keep responses on topic and grounded in our study material. The model does not train on your conversations. We log issues so we can tighten the guardrails over time. If you catch Revy saying something inaccurate, please flag it.

Is your data used to train AI?

No. We do not use your account data, your quiz answers, your sim performance, or your written input to train external AI models. Your study data stays on the platform.

We do use anonymized, aggregated patterns (for example, "this question is missed by 60 percent of learners on first attempt") to improve content and difficulty calibration. That kind of pattern analysis is internal and does not leave the platform.

When you chat with Revy, the conversation goes through an AI model provider (currently Anthropic) under standard enterprise terms. Those providers do not train on your conversations. You can read their data use terms via the links in our Privacy Policy.

What do we promise about accuracy?

We work to keep content accurate. We are also realistic: mistakes happen, exam objectives shift, and AI tools introduce their own quirks. If you spot something off, email us at the address below or use the in-app feedback button. We log every report and track the fix.

What we will not do: claim our questions are AI-generated when they are human-authored, claim items are human-verified when they are not, or pretend that "AI-assisted research" is the same as "AI-generated content." Where it matters, we say which is which.

When does this policy change?

We update this policy when our tools change or when AI standards evolve. Material changes will be announced via email and on the dashboard at least 30 days before taking effect. Older versions are kept on file.

Where do questions go?

Questions about how we use AI? Email support@revystechjourney.com.