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! 🤝
I think your only actually privacy option is to run Ollama locally. Any 2-3b parameters model with Q4 quant will run okay on a decent laptop
https://sleepingrobots.com/dreams/stop-using-ollama/
Grab a binary from https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases, open your terminal:
llama-cli -m <your model file>.ggufOr I guess the instructions on https://llama.app/ is how they want people to use llama.cpp