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submitted 1 day ago by Osm@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/55185832

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for recommendations on free (or freemium) AI assistants that meet these criteria:

✅ Strong capabilities – Can handle complex questions and research. ✅ Privacy-respecting – Doesn't train on user data, preferably E2E encrypted. ✅ Ethical stance – Not complicit in oppression or human rights violations (Palestine, sudan, uygur, etc). ✅ Not on BDS list – Companies that aren't supporting or profiting from occupation.

Which AI tools have you found that respect both privacy AND human rights?

I'd really appreciate honest recommendations and experiences. Trying to find tools that align with my values without sacrificing functionality.

Thanks in advance! 🤝

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[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Quite a few small models, not many large models (which are not gigantic frontier models either for the record).

The datasets used are all public domain or expired copyrights, like Common Corpus and Common Pile. There are also models like Talkie that are exclusively based on data from prior to 1930.

So you've got the Pleias Common Models, Comma (EleutherAI and people on Huggingface contributing), KL3M (Kelvin Legal Large Language Model), Apertus (ETH Zurich), and OLMo/v2 (Open Language Model, Allen Institute for AI) as good prime examples.

@Osm@lemmy.ml for your reference

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