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The land used for growing hemp in Lower Saxony is increasing, according to a report by the Kreiszeitung. The expansion is tied to agriculture, the energy transition and sustainability, with hemp valued as a raw material for industry. Commenters highlight its role in resilience and the shift away from conventional crops.

Lumabyte lets users chat, generate images and search documents using AI models running locally on their own computer, with versions for Windows, macOS and Linux. It is free, requires no account, and has been open source under the AGPL licence since version 2.0. A new dashboard adds calendar, Slack and Teams integration, drawing attention among privacy-minded users.

Tech news site heise reports on AnythingLLM, an open-source tool that reads users' own documents and answers questions about them through an AI chat interface. The key selling point is privacy: both the documents and the language model run locally, so data never leaves the user's machine. The article is a hands-on guide for anyone wanting AI-assisted document analysis without sending sensitive files to cloud providers.

The band So Beast performed at Le Lokal Autogéré, a self-managed venue in Grenoble, France, this past Monday. The group's singer described the setting as like playing on an anarchist tiny desk, a quip that has been shared warmly in DIY and punk circles alongside photos from the intimate show.