dbate.ai beta

What to expect during the beta

dbate.ai is in a trust-first beta: live debates with real video, real timers, and real audience votes. Everything you see is real — and a few things are intentionally not built yet.

What works today

• Create a debate, share the link, and let anyone claim the open seat.
• Live audio/video for debaters; watch-only video for the audience.
• Three rounds, with an audience vote after each one and a reveal when it closes.
• Anonymous viewers can watch; signed-in viewers can vote and say where they stand.
• A composite verdict from the room, the judges, and an AI ballot (see below).

Known limitations

• No live chat or audience questions — the chat panel is disabled by design.
• No emoji reactions or live sentiment display.
• “Reminder” downloads a calendar invite; there are no email or push notifications yet. “Save” is stored on your device only. The share link is the invite.
• AI analysis is beta and may be unavailable. The AI ballot is advisory and never decides a verdict yet.
• Fact-check statuses are reviewed manually and update slowly.
• Mic-muting between turns is advisory — debaters are not hard-muted.

How the verdict is scored

Who won a debate is a judgement call, so the verdict shows its parts. Three seats each pick a side or sit out, and the majority of the seats that didn't sit out wins. A split, or no seats with enough signal, is a draw. Ties are never broken silently.

• Room. You answer “where do you stand?” before the debate and again after. Only viewers who answer both count, and debaters are excluded. The seat goes to the side that changed more minds. It sits out with fewer than 20 voters or a shift under 5 points.
• Judges. When the host invites judges, each records a winner and a written reason. The majority of judges takes the seat; a split sits out.
• AI judge. An AI ballot runs twice with the sides swapped and must agree with itself. It is advisory while we check it against human judges, so it is shown but not counted.

The round votes during the debate are a live pulse and don't decide the verdict. Claim reviews never decide a winner: the verdict is not a finding on who was factually right. The host publishes the verdict once ballots are in; after that it is the debate's record and doesn't change.

Found a problem?

Reload the page first — live rooms recover their state on reconnect. If something still looks wrong, tell the host or reach out to the team.

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