Local AI Weekly is a newsletter for Linux users and open-source enthusiasts who want to use AI without handing their data to Big Tech. It lands in your inbox every week on a Wednesday.
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What's inside each issue?
Here's what you should be getteing.
Hands-on experiments
Real tests on real hardware. I run these on a ZimaCube Pro 2 with an Nvidia Ada GPU, a Raspberry Pi with a TPU and AI HAT, a few SBCs with NPUs, and an Asus Zenbook with an integrated NPU. I am not a fan of benchmark charts. I would rather show you setups you can replicate at home, along with what worked and what didn’t.
Open model news
New model releases, local AI tools worth your attention, and self-hosted setups that have become useful. I curate these so you don’t have to follow a dozen sources yourself.
AI news and updates in general
It pays to know what is happening in commercial AI. Each issue has quick commentary on the news that matters, and I skip the rest.
Memes
I love memes, both creating as well as sharing them. A newsletter without some fun element would be boring. You get trending memes on AI in each edition.
Why a separate newsletter?
If you are already subscribed to FOSS Weekly, you already know about the "AI, Homelab and Hardware" section.
We have covered local AI for nearly two years. Interest in it has grown a lot, and I want to give it more space and effort so you don’t get left behind.
But many readers are wary of AI, local or not, and I don’t want to push it down anyone’s throat. That is why Local AI Weekly is a separate newsletter, only for those who are interested.
What is local AI?
If you are still wondering about this "local AI" term, think of it as a new kind of open source software. Usually, when you use chatGPT or Claude Code, the model is on their server, the processing takes place on their server, and naturally, your data lives on their server.
The concept of local AI is that you download the LLMs on your system. You interact with the local AI on your system; the processing is done on your system and the data lives on your system. It doesn't go to a remote server managed by an enterprise.
Depending on the model, it could be 5 GB or 50 GB or 500 GB in size. Also, depending on model, your hardware may not always be able to run all the models. And there are different models, suitable for different use cases.
This is what we will test on It's FOSS. Like you discovered new distros, applications, and Linux tricks, you will also discover new models, ways of using AI in your workflow and more.
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