Introduction to My Independent AI¶
The "Why" behind My Independent AI¶
In an era where massive AI models are often owned by a few large corporations, My Independent AI was born out of a simple but powerful idea: your personal data belongs to you, and your AI should too.
Traditional AI assistants often require uploading your most sensitive data—emails, chats, and personal documents—to the cloud. While convenient, this raises significant privacy concerns.
My Independent AI aims to solve this by providing:
- Total Privacy: Literally nothing leaves your machine. LLMs, embeddings, and vector databases all run locally.
- PII Protection: Even if you choose to use cloud-optional components (like GCS for backups), all Personally Identifiable Information is scrubbed locally first.
- Data Sovereignty: You own your data, your models, and your infrastructure. No vendor lock-in.
- Local Intelligence: Leverage the power of local LLMs (like Llama 3) to gain insights from your personal context without compromising security.
Where to go next?¶
- Deployment Options - Choose the best setup for your needs.
- Prerequisites - What you need to run My Independent AI.
- Setup Local - Get it running on your PC or Laptop.
- Setup NAS - Deploy it to your Synology NAS.