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LibreOffice's cautious stance on AI wins praise

Original: I like LibreOffice's stance on AI features. It's not anti-AI. It's only against pushing it down your throat. It's all ab

LibreOffice is drawing attention for its measured approach to artificial intelligence: the open-source office suite is not rejecting AI features outright, but insists any integration must be optional rather than forced on users. Supporters say this focus on user choice is the right model, noting that external tools can already work with LibreOffice documents without built-in AI.

Why now: The Document Foundation's comment on AI integration sparked debate about optional versus mandatory AI in software.

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• I like LibreOffice's stance on AI features. It's not anti-AI. It's only against pushing it down your throat. It's all about choice. Side note: you don't even need an AI integration in LibreOffice in order to have an LLM interact with a document. OpenCode can do it using… · plbrault@fosstodon.org · 2

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