MindTheAI

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MindTheAI Presentation

Inspiration

AI tools are incredibly powerful, but most people don’t think about how they’re using them. Users frequently paste personal information, trust unreliable sources, or rely on AI for things that could be solved with a quick search.

Our goal is simple: help people use AI more safely, responsibly, and efficiently.

What is MindTheAI?

MindTheAI is a Chrome extension that acts like your guardian for AI usage. It flags unreliable references, removes unnecessary prompt filler, removes personal data from your prompts, and encourages users to think twice before submitting requests.

Along with our extension, we created a website that tracks the water you’ve saved, lets you toggle features on and off, and other personal stats about how you improved your AI use due to our extension!

How we built it

To accelerate development, we used Google Antigravity and prompt engineering, providing detailed technical requirements and guiding the generated code toward technology stacks we were already familiar with. This allowed us to quickly prototype features while still being able to debug, modify, and understand the underlying code.

Challenges

Working within browser security restrictions. AI platforms like ChatGPT do not allow direct external integrations, so we had to design a secure method for the extension to interact with the page by injecting scripts and creating a controlled data bridge.
Accurately detecting sensitive information. Regex-based pattern matching sometimes produced false positives when identifying personal data or passwords. To reduce these issues and improve reliability, we integrated 1Password detection tools rather than relying entirely on custom pattern matching.
UI and usability challenges, particularly ensuring the extension worked smoothly across light and dark modes while maintaining a clean and intuitive interface.