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LibreOffice maker says it will not put AI in the default installation

The Document Foundation says LibreOffice will include no AI in its default install for the foreseeable future, citing privacy, user control and open standards. AI remains available through extensions.

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Centre · 2The Document Foundation, the nonprofit behind the open source office suite LibreOffice, said in a blog post this week that it "will not add" AI to the software for the foreseeable future. Centre · 1The post followed the late-August release of the latest LibreOffice version, when the foundation said the software "contains no generative AI features" and called this a "deliberate design position". Centre · 1The foundation said the aim is to ensure users' documents are not uploaded to a server and that no part of the software needs a network connection; it added that the only assurance that survives an audit for organisations handling confidential or personal data is that data does not leave the machine.

Centre · 2It said the decision is not a principled rejection of AI: no current integration meets its requirements, which include privacy, user control and open standards. Centre · 1According to Computerworld, the requirements include letting users choose where an AI model runs, no telemetry, no lock-in to a single vendor, AI output in the open document format ODF, and fully optional AI features. Centre · 2Users who want AI can install extensions that connect LibreOffice to local AI models, and the foundation said it will keep monitoring where the technology is heading and would consider a solution that meets all its requirements.

Centre · 1TechCrunch set the decision against an industry trend of packing in AI features, describing the "enshittification" of software and noting that AI tools often send user data to remote servers.

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Framing
Both outlets present 'no AI' as a deliberate product feature grounded in privacy and user control, not an anti-AI stance.
Emphasis
TechCrunch stresses privacy and the contrast with industry AI bloat; Computerworld lists the foundation's requirements (telemetry, vendor lock-in, ODF, optional).
Leaves out or plays down
Computerworld omits the extensions route and the August release; TechCrunch omits the ODF and telemetry requirements.
Charged language
“enshittification”“bucks the trend”
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“LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature” — TechCrunch
“LibreOffice touts ‘no AI’ as a feature” — Computerworld

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