GoKawiilThe Document Foundation declines to add AI features to LibreOffice
The Document Foundation, which makes the open source LibreOffice suite, says it will not build generative AI into the software for now. It calls this a deliberate design choice meant to keep documents from being uploaded to external servers, and notes users can still connect local AI models through extensions if they wish.
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The foundation frames keeping data on-device as essential for organizations handling confidential or legally sensitive material, since avoiding any data transmission is the clearest guarantee in an audit. The stance also pushes back against a broader software trend of bundling AI features by default, which critics have described as 'enshittification' of everyday tools.
- LibreOffice will not add built-in generative AI features for the foreseeable future
- The foundation says avoiding server uploads is the only auditable data-privacy guarantee
- Users wanting AI can still install extensions linking to local AI models
Source: techcrunch.com — Zack Whittaker, 2026-10-06
Published there as: “LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature”
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