Why You Should Avoid AI in Every App
AI is being embedded everywhere — apps, systems, websites.
But you don’t need to accept it blindly. Avoid logging in, avoid giving away your data.
Whenever possible, use AI tools through Tor or with maximum anonymity.
I had posted this list as a simple note on my listed.to address (over StandardNotes) but decided to bring it here ;-)
Free AI Chatbots Accessible via Tor (No Login Required)
Please note that some of these may have limitations on use due to the absence of user login.
Obviously, there will be no history, so if you think it prudent, store your prompt and the results of the interactions somewhere safe.
ChatGPT
Copilot (Microsoft)
https://copilot.microsoft.com/
DuckDuckGo AI
Lumo (Proton)
Meta AI
Mistral Chat
NanoGPT
Perplexity AI
T3Chat
https://t3.chat/
(Captcha issues with Tor + NoScript. Works better in Brave private with Tor.)
Free AI Chatbots (No Login, But Tor Blocked)
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Gemini (Google): https://gemini.google.com/
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Grok (X): https://grok.com/chat
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Brave Leo:
brave://leo-ai/(If you are using Brave Browser, but only in standard mode, not Tor/private mode)
Best Self-Hosted AI Alternatives (Private & Local)
Recommended: Kobold.cpp
https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp
Download models at HuggingFace and run them locally.
No logins, no spying, no hidden data harvesting.
Best option (and the only self-hosted one I’ve tested on my simple home-server)
Other Private Options
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Llamafile: https://github.com/Mozilla-Ocho/llamafile
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PrivateGPT: https://github.com/zylon-ai/private-gpt
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GPT4All: https://www.nomic.ai/gpt4all
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Ollama: https://ollama.com/
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LMStudio: https://lmstudio.ai/
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OpenChat: https://github.com/imoneoi/openchat
The Changing AI Landscape: Free to Paid, Open to Closed
Big Tech launched free AI tools to crush competition and capture users.
Now the cycle is shifting:
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Prices are rising.
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Fewer players dominate the market.
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Monetization of user data is inevitable.
Remember: your data has always been collected.
The real question is — how will they use it against you?