@nextcloud I just read the announcement on your blog about your "#AI assistant".
nextcloud.com/blog/first-open-…
As a #Nextcloud administrator, how do I turn this off as completely as possible with as little risk as possible of it being automatically re-enabled by any future update?
Meet the Nextcloud AI Assistant - Nextcloud
Nextcloud presents AI assistant that is ethical, open-source, and can get a multitude of tasks done for you without compromising your data.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
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Oliver
in reply to John Morahan • • •The way they have handled AI so far has actually been quite well.
They are aware of its risks and moral and ethical dilemmas.
You have to actively enable them. I think even the Suspicious Logins-app, which is technically AI by training and executing a local model on the logins, is not enabled by default.
But most people mean LLM when they say AI, so Suspicious Logins may be fine for you?
But still, it's about consent. 😀
John Morahan
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in reply to John Morahan • • •Oliver
in reply to John Morahan • • •I wouldn't count on them responding here. They do sometimes, but they are not as active here I think. Maybe they'll do it someday. 😀
Until then:
“AI has a ton of opportunity – but also risk. So we put you in control – off by default!” said @Karlitschek according to this blog post from 2023: nextcloud.com/blog/ai-in-nextc…
And in this admin manual they mention that all AI features are completely optional:
docs.nextcloud.com/server/stab…
AI in Nextcloud: what, why and how - Nextcloud
Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)Oliver
in reply to Oliver • • •I like Nextcloud’s take here.
Giving your loudest and most-paying customers what they want, empowering everybody to try it out, without forcing it on everybody.
This off-by-default is something, a certain browser with a fox should have done too, imho. 😀
Also, I see Frank as very principle-driven and trust him to not go back on his words.
Nextcloud 📱☁️💻
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