Which AI should I use to avoid surveillance?

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At this point, it's more than clear that OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc read your personal messages, emails and chats with AIs, there are already multiple cases of OpenAI (example) notifying the FBI about chats between their AI and users.

Which AI is the best one for privacy concerned users?
 
The only true way to do that is by running any llm locally in your own device. Other than that, all of then will share info eventually
good advice. the future is going to be this. most people will figure how to build llms by themselves and use them. Going to be the next btc 2.0
 
None.... AI's are not good at all - if your concerned about privacy.
 
@tazarbm might help you, he's the biggest AI enthusiast I know about, he can certainly suggest you a friendly big corporation to help you with your privacy :smirk::smirk:
 
No way out, stay clean and you won't have issues
Who says the secured platforms ain't even developed by same guys
 
If privacy is your top priority, I'd go with a local open-source model using Ollama or LM Studio. Your chats stay on your device instead of being sent to a company's servers.

For cloud AIs, assume anything you share could be reviewed for safety or legal reasons, so don't put sensitive information in your chats.
 
good advice. the future is going to be this. most people will figure how to build llms by themselves and use them. Going to be the next btc 2.0
What is btc 2.0?
 
Local is the only real answer here, but the model is not even the main risk. The wrapper app, browser session and sync settings are usually where the leak happens. People install Ollama or LM Studio then leave telemetry or cloud backup on and call it private.
 
Best one for privacy is the one that can’t reach the internet after install. Local model, firewall the app, turn off telemetry, don’t use cloud synced folders for the chats. People focus too much on “which model” but if your prompts are sitting in OneDrive/iCloud or the frontend is phoning home, same problem just with extra steps. For anything sensitive, I’d rather use a weaker local model than a smarter cloud one.
 
Local model is the only real answer imo. Even then, check the frontend, telemetry and cloud backups, because “runs locally” means nothing if your chats still sync somewhere l
 
Cloud models are a permanent privacy risk. The only real solution is running an open-source model (like Llama 3) locally on your hardware using Ollama or LM Studio.
To do it right, completely block the app with a firewall to cut off telemetry, disable auto-updates, and make sure your chat logs aren’t accidentally syncing to iCloud or OneDrive. Local is only private if it stays air-gapped.
 
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