
Ideogram
- Rank
- Score
- 111/149
- 33 out of 100
Ideogram, Inc. is a Toronto-based artificial intelligence company founded in 2022 by Mohammad Norouzi, William Chan, Chitwan Saharia and Jonathan Ho. It develops Ideogram, a freemium text-to-image model that generates digital images from natural language descriptions, offered through its website and an API for developers.
Is Ideogram safe?
Ideogram scores 33 out of 100 and ranks 111 of 149, and the rating is low confidence. Its strongest category is Privacy, and its weakest category is Security.
How is Ideogram scored?
Ideogram is scored out of 100 on Safety (25%), Transparency (25%), Security (25%), and Privacy (25%). See how we score.
Safety framework
Average used24.4This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Pre-release testing
0Points for each confirmed yes.
- No
Was the model tested for dangerous capabilities, such as biological, chemical or cyber risks?
Company claim0/50ideogram.ai (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026 - No
Did an outside organisation test the model before release?
Company claim0/50ideogram.ai (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026
Safety test results
Average used74.1This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Incident record
Not enough dataProtecting children
50Points for each confirmed yes.
- Unverified
Does the model card report child-safety tests or safeguards?
Company claim0/50ideogram.ai (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy set a minimum age, or say the service is not directed at children?
Company claim50/50“Our Services are not intended for children, and we do not seek or knowingly collect any personal information from children.”
ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Model documentation
50Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Does the model card describe what the model can do?
Company claim25/25“Ideogram 4.0 is a 9.3B parameter open-weight text-to-image model.”
ideogram.ai (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026 - Unverified
Does the model card report test results?
Company claim0/25ideogram.ai (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026 - No
Does the model card state the model's limitations?
Company claim0/25ideogram.ai (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026 - Yes
Does the model card describe safety safeguards?
Company claim25/25“At inference time, the reference pipeline screens every prompt and every output through Hive moderation, and we require equivalent or strong…” MoreLess
“At inference time, the reference pipeline screens every prompt and every output through Hive moderation, and we require equivalent or stronger filtering for any redistributed deployment.”
ideogram.ai (opens in a new tab) · 2 Nov 2026
Training-data disclosure
Average used29.9This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Independent transparency index
Average used40.7This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Transparency reports
Average used25This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Public safety commitments
0Average of the commitments signed.
- No
Has it signed the EU code of practice for general-purpose AI?
Company claim0/100European Commission (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - No
Did it sign only the safety and security chapter?
Company claim0/50European Commission (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - No
Has it signed the Frontier AI Safety Commitments (Seoul 2024)?
Company claim0/100Frontier AI Safety Commitments (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026
Security programme and certifications
0Points for each confirmed yes.
- No
Is there a way to report security flaws, such as a bug bounty?
Company claim0/34No document found - Not found
Does it state it holds a SOC 2 Type II report?
Company claim0/33trust.ideogram.ai security page (opens in a new tab) · 22 Oct 2026 - Not found
Does it state it holds ISO 27001 certification?
Company claim0/33trust.ideogram.ai security page (opens in a new tab) · 22 Oct 2026
Software vulnerabilities
Not enough dataData breaches
Not enough dataClear privacy policy
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Does the privacy policy say what personal data is collected?
Company claim20/20“Information that you directly submit through our Services includes: Contact information, such as your name and email address.”
ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say whether your data is used to train AI?
Company claim20/20“In addition to the specific uses described above, we may use any of the information described in this section to provide and improve the Ser…” MoreLess
“In addition to the specific uses described above, we may use any of the information described in this section to provide and improve the Services and our products offerings and to maintain our business relationship, as a matter of our legitimate interests, including by enhancing the safety and security of our Services (e.g., troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, reporting), training the models that power our Services, providing customer support, sending service and other communications, monitoring and analyzing trends, conducting internal research and development, complying with applicable legal obligations, enforcing any applicable terms of service, and protecting the Services, our rights, and the rights of our employees, users or other individuals.”
ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say how long data is kept?
Company claim20/20“We retain your information for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.”
ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say who your data is shared with?
Company claim20/20“We may disclose your information for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy, including: Through your use of the Services, includ…” MoreLess
“We may disclose your information for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy, including: Through your use of the Services, including when you enter User Input and generate an image that, alongside information that may identify you such as your account handle and account picture, is publicly available on the Services.”
ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy explain your privacy rights?
Company claim20/20“You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.”
ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Training-data defaults
0100 if training is opt-in only, 50 if you can opt out, 0 if neither.
- No
Is your data used for training only if you opt in?
Company claim0/100ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Can you stop your data being used for training?
Company claim0/50ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Export and delete your data
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Can you get a copy of your data?
Company claim50/50“You may have the right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party.”
ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Can you delete your data?
Company claim50/50“You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.”
ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Privacy fines
Not enough dataIndependent privacy ratings
Average used52.9This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Risk governance
Average used26.6This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Regulator actions
Not enough dataCourt judgments
Not enough dataPrivacy contact and complaints
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Is there a privacy contact, such as an email or a data protection officer?
Company claim50/50“You may submit a request to exercise any of these rights by emailing us at privacy@ideogram.ai.”
ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does it tell you that you can complain to a regulator?
Company claim50/50“If you think we have infringed applicable data protection laws, you can complain to your local data protection supervisory authority in the…” MoreLess
“If you think we have infringed applicable data protection laws, you can complain to your local data protection supervisory authority in the country in which you are based or where you think we have infringed data protection laws.”
ideogram.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Score history
Newest first. Only days when the score changed are listed.
2 Nov 2026
Score 33
Method 2 Nov 2026
+3 · Method update and new evidence
23 Oct 2026
Score 30
Method 21 Oct 2026
+3 · Data fix
21 Oct 2026
Score 27
Method 21 Oct 2026
-3 · Method update
20 Oct 2026
Score 30
Method Not recorded
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