We have been quiet on one question that comes up a lot: where does AliveOS stand on AI? The short version is simple.

AI is coming to AliveOS — but strictly on your terms.

Opt-in, never default

AI features will be entirely opt-in. A fresh AliveOS install does not run any model, phone home, or reserve resources for AI workloads. If you want the capabilities, you turn them on; if you do not, they are simply not there. This keeps the base system clean and predictable, in line with our zero-bloat philosophy.

Local models only

Everything runs on your own hardware. AliveOS ships integrations for running models locally — no cloud backend, no managed endpoint, no third-party inference server. The model, the prompt, and the response all live and stay on your machine.

No calls leave the system

This is the part we want to be explicit about, because it is where most privacy-minded users get (rightly) nervous:

  • Zero outbound AI traffic. No API keys, no telemetry, no “send prompt to provider” requests — ever.
  • Your data never leaves the machine. Documents you summarize, code you ask for help with, conversations you have: none of it is transmitted anywhere.
  • Verifiable by design. Because inference is local, you can confirm this yourself with standard network tooling; there is no hidden remote dependency to audit around.

If you are offline, the features keep working. If you are air-gapped, they keep working. Privacy and security are not a setting you have to trust us on — they are a consequence of the architecture.

What to expect

We are still shaping the exact surface area — which local runtime, which default models, and how it integrates with the desktop and the developer toolchain. The goal is a useful, no-compromises on-device AI experience that fits the rest of AliveOS: lightweight, developer-friendly, and out of the way unless you ask for it.

More details as the pieces come together.

Zero Bloat Policy reminder: the AI stack is opt-in precisely because it is not essential for everyone. Nothing is pre-installed or running unless you choose to enable it.