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Private and privacy-focused AI assistants
9 AI assistants that emphasize privacy and data protection. Assistants that market private or encrypted chats, no training on your data, or local processing. Read each privacy policy to confirm what is stored and for how long.
How to read this page. The tools are grouped by category and are not ranked. Pricing labels come from vendors' own pages when we could confirm them. Always verify plans and limits on the vendor's site.
Chatbots & Assistants (9)
| Tool | What it does | Pricing | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Intelligence | Apple's personal AI system built into iPhone, iPad and Mac for writing tools, image creation and Siri. | See site | Official site |
| Brave Leo | AI assistant built into the Brave browser. | See site | Official site |
| Duck.ai | DuckDuckGo's chat interface giving access to several AI models with a privacy focus. | See site | Official site |
| GPT4All | Open-source desktop chat app from Nomic for running language models locally. | Free | Official site |
| Jan | Open-source desktop assistant that runs models locally or connects to cloud model APIs. | See site | Official site |
| LM Studio | Desktop app for downloading and running language models on your own computer. | Freemium | Official site |
| Lumo | Proton's AI assistant, built around encrypted chat history that the company says it does not log or use for training. | See site | Official site |
| Maple AI | Private AI chat with end-to-end encryption, running models in secure enclaves. | Freemium | Official site |
| Venice.ai | Chat and image generation platform that emphasizes privacy. | Freemium | Official site |