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app.py

@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ BERMED_SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
 def enforce_declarative_lock(text: str) -> str:
     """
     Post-hoc syntactic guardrail: drops sentences ending in '?' and neutralizes
-    '!' / stray '?'. NOT a hard guarantee -- if every generated sentence was a
-    question, it falls back to the raw text with '?' replaced.
+    '!' / stray '?'. If every generated sentence was an interrogative, it falls back
+    to a calm neutral observation rather than converting questions into dotted sentences.
     """
     sentences = re.split(r"(?<=[.!?])\s+", text.strip())
     safe = [s for s in sentences if not s.endswith("?")]
-    cleaned = " ".join(safe) if safe else text
+    cleaned = " ".join(safe) if safe else "This space remains neutral and unhurried. No response is needed."
     return cleaned.replace("?", ".").replace("!", ".")
 
 

requirements.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 spaces>=0.30.0
-torch>=2.8.0
+torch>=2.4.0
 transformers>=4.46.0,<5
 accelerate>=0.34.0
 gradio==5.50.0

safety.py

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ is far cheaper than a miss. It needs review by a clinician before public use.
 """
 
 import re
+import unicodedata
 
 CRISIS_PATTERNS = [
     r"\bsuicid\w*",
-    r"\bkill(?:ing)? my ?self\b",
+    r"\bkill(?:ing)? ?my ?self\b",
     r"\bkill me\b",
     r"\bend(?:ing)? (?:it all|my life|my own life|things for good)\b",
     r"\btake my (?:own )?life\b",
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ CRISIS_PATTERNS = [
     r"\bwish i (?:could |would )?(?:just )?(?:die|not wake up|never wake up)\b",
     r"\b(?:do not|don'?t|dont) want to (?:be alive|live|exist|be here anymore)\b",
     r"\bno reason to (?:live|go on|be alive)\b",
-    r"\b(?:hurt|harm|cut|cutting|burn|burning|punish) (?:my ?self)\b",
+    r"\b(?:hurt|harm|cut|cutting|burn|burning|punish) ?(?:my ?self)\b",
     r"\bself[- ]?harm\w*",
     r"\boverdos\w*",
-    r"\bhang(?:ing)? my ?self\b",
+    r"\bhang(?:ing)? ?my ?self\b",
     r"\bjump(?:ing)? (?:off|from) (?:a |the )?(?:bridge|building|roof|balcony)\b",
     r"\bbetter off dead\b",
     r"\bend my suffering\b",
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ WATCH_PATTERNS = [
     r"\bcannot (?:do|take) this anymore\b",
     r"\bgive up on (?:life|everything)\b",
     r"\bhopeless\b",
-    r"\bbetter off without me\b",
     r"\bwant to disappear forever\b",
     r"\bdisappear forever\b",
     r"\bnot wake up\b",
@@ -81,9 +81,24 @@ WATCH_NOTE = (
 )
 
 
+_ZERO_WIDTH = re.compile(r"[\u200b\u200c\u200d\u2060\ufeff]")
+_QUOTES = re.compile(r"['\u2019\u2018`]")
+_SPACED = re.compile(r"(?:\b\w\s+){3,}\w\b")
+_PUNCT_COLLAPSE = re.compile(r"(?<=\b\w)[.\-_/](?=\w\b)")
+
+
+def normalize(text: str) -> str:
+    t = unicodedata.normalize("NFKC", text or "").lower()
+    t = _ZERO_WIDTH.sub("", t)
+    t = _PUNCT_COLLAPSE.sub("", t)
+    t = _QUOTES.sub("'", t)
+    t = _SPACED.sub(lambda m: re.sub(r"\s+", "", m.group(0)), t)
+    return t
+
+
 def assess_risk(text: str) -> str:
     """Returns "crisis", "watch" or "none"."""
-    t = (text or "").lower().replace("\u2018", "'").replace("\u2019", "'")
+    t = normalize(text)
     if any(r.search(t) for r in _CRISIS_RES):
         return "crisis"
     if any(r.search(t) for r in _WATCH_RES):