LibreOffice Announces Its Default Version Contains No AI
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In October 2026, the Document Foundation, the nonprofit behind LibreOffice, announced on its blog that the software will not gain AI features for the foreseeable future. The organization said this is a deliberate product positioning intended to ensure users' documents are not uploaded to servers and that the software can run without an internet connection. It also stated that no AI integration currently meets all of its requirements. Meanwhile, users can still connect local AI models by installing extensions. No further developments so far.
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The Document Foundation, the nonprofit behind the open-source office suite LibreOffice, said in a blog post this week that it will not add AI features to its software for the foreseeable future. The organization called this a deliberate positioning to ensure user documents are not uploaded to servers and the software runs without an internet connection, adding that no integration currently meets all its requirements; users can still connect local AI models by installing extensions.