LibreOffice touts ‘no AI’ as a feature

The lack of artificial intelligence features in LibreOffice should be considered a feature in and of itself, according to the free office suite’s creators. The Document Foundation, the organization behind the free office suite. The Document Foundation, the organization behind the free office suite project, writes in a blog post that, for the time being, the software will not include any AI in the standard installation.

The decision is not motivated by any principled opposition to AI, the post states, but rather by the fact that the technology doesn’t currently meet the project’s requirements for privacy, user control, and open standards.

For example, users must be able to decide for themselves where the AI model runs. The Document Foundation also requires that any future AI solution not collect telemetry or lock users into a single vendor. AI-generated content must also use the open document format ODF, and AI features must be entirely optional.

However, if an AI solution emerges in the future that can meet all these requirements, The Document Foundation will consider it.

This article originally appeared on Computer Sweden.