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The in-order path for newcomers to local AI: from basic concepts to installation and your first model.
Optimize performance
Pick the right hardware and get the most out of what you already own: CPU vs GPU, Mac, Raspberry Pi, and fast serving.
Data and privacy
What actually goes over the network with local AI: the data, the security, the compliance, and the control that stays in your hands.
Choosing hardware and model
How to pick the right hardware and the model suited to your use: VRAM, quantization, GPU or CPU and response speed.
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Privacy: what actually goes over the network when AI is local
Your data doesn't leave the machine — almost. Here's what actually goes out over the network with Ollama and LM Studio, and how to verify it in half an hour with tcpdump, Wireshark and mitmproxy.
Privacy and GDPR: What Local AI Changes
Extra-EU transfers, sub-processors and Arts. 5, 25, 28, 32, 44: what the GDPR really says about cloud vs local, and what is still owed even with in-house AI.