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Ok I know this may be a silly question, but in my limited view I don’t see it talked about (at all).

When using any of these open-source/free AI bots, surely that is an insane privacy issue?

Or is it not much different than how google could/can watch over your shoulder when using any of their (non-ai) tools?

As I wrote that, I realize that I think you can run some of these AI bots on your own server, but then how are they being deployed for free? Like what is the company getting from you?

I have never yet engaged with these bots in any way, but it seems I am one of the few, so am hoping someone has some clarity for me on this issue :)

Thanks nostr

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Brad Mills 2y ago

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Lockesmith 2y ago

If you can run the bot yourself, then it's an open source project. The companies founding these projects make them available to everyone in order to entice developers to contribute to their project instead of paying them. They hold their own data and leverage that to make their money.

So sure anyone can deploy their own, but not everyone has access to the same resources. It's not uncommon for multiple companies to collaborate and in order to do that while ensuring one company isn't at an advantage, they open source the project.

In turn, this then becomes available to anyone to contribute to and use. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. None of these guys want to shoot themselves in the foot, so keeping everything transparent also maintains a level of integrity.

Then the code is typically protected by some licensing so no one else can come along, copy everything, and wall themselves in for profit without contributing to the project.

Hazey 2y ago

Using big tech AI (or big tech anything) is the ultimate in privacy violation because they all have spooks on the inside, proven by Twitter Files. With AI, your most private data is not only collected, it is judged.

Open source/free AI services may log data, may track your Ip, may sell your data, may get hacked. But it's just as likely they do none of those things, so use your judgement. It is all an unknown but at least it's not feds (although they can be too).

Moral of the story: don't trust