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- Go on your #linux appstore.
- Install 'Alpaca' on your machine.
- Download Llama 3.1 8B, or any other #opensource model.
- Chat with that thing 100% locally.

Free. No tracking. No trusting DuckDuckGo #privacy washing garbage. No browser. 
 Everyone talks about it, but I'm skeptical about the privacy claims surrounding Venice.ai, particularly given its closed-source nature. It's challenging to reconcile the notion of a privacy-focused AI with the lack of transparency inherent in a closed-source model. Without open access to the code, it's difficult to verify the extent to which user data is truly protected. 
 Open access to the code wouldn't change anything since you depend on third parties servers 
 And that also... I do not understand the hype, to be frank. 
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