Private AI that stays on your device

Private AI means that you decide who can see your words. Local AI means that the model runs on your own device. The two terms are not the same. A local app can still send data to a server, and a cloud service can have strong privacy terms. So check both.

What happens with a cloud assistant?

Your request goes to a model in a data centre. The provider must process your words to answer you. The terms of the provider then say how long it keeps your words and what it can do with them. If you send a private document, that document leaves your device.

What stays on your device?

When you use your model, your requests and its answers stay on your device. You need no provider account.

The model is a file on your device, and it works with no internet.

What can leave your device?

You choose the examples. One step of training uses a cloud service. Your examples go to it if you agree, and not otherwise. We will name the service before you train.

This step happens when you train the model, not when you use it.

How did we test this?

We tested a model of ours on one computer. We blocked direct network access and direct reads of the home folder. The model also held no API key, which is a password for a cloud service. It still ran 100 of 100 tool requests.

How can you check the privacy of an AI tool?

Turn off the internet and send a request. A local model still answers.
Watch the network. A network monitor shows each server that an app connects to.
Read the privacy section of the app store listing, and then the privacy policy.
Ask where training happens. A model can run locally and still use a cloud step to train.
Check if the app needs an account. A local model needs no provider account.

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