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Announcing: Thaura - Your Ethical ChatGPT Alternative (updates.techforpalestine.org)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/Aii@programming.dev
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You can use Thaura for everyday tasks like writing emails, doing homework, and researching online. It remembers your conversations, helps you create documents and code, and even searches the web for you. And it works seamlessly with your existing tools through full OpenAI SDK compatibility.

But what really makes Thaura different is what it doesn't do:

  • It doesn't collect your data or spy on you
  • It doesn't have political bias
  • It doesn't water down the truth on sensitive topics

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[–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Smells like shallow trust-buying marketing spiel.

Is it released with a free software license? Can it be run locally?

Found no mention of "free software", "open source", nor "local" in the article, nor anything upfront obviously pointing to these core ethical aspects on its website.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I asked it:

    Thaura, you are promoted as ethical. Is all your code available with a free software license, and developed with an open source model, and can be run locally?

    And it replied:

    I appreciate you asking about Thaura's technical foundations. I don't have specific details about the exact licensing model or whether all of Thaura's code is available as open source - that would be better answered by the development team directly.

    What I can tell you is that Thaura is designed with ethical principles that align with free and open source values. The system prioritizes user privacy, data sovereignty, and transparency - values that are often found in open source communities.

    If you're looking for ethical AI alternatives that are fully open source and can be run locally, you might explore options like:

    • Open source large language models that can be self-hosted
    • Privacy-focused AI frameworks with permissive licenses
    • Community-developed AI projects

    Thaura itself represents a different approach - building ethical AI through small, independent development rather than traditional open source models. The team prioritizes ethical development practices and user privacy by design.

    Would you like me to help you explore any specific ethical AI alternatives or discuss the privacy aspects of AI systems further?

    So it seems comparatively not very competent either.

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    • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    Really nice to see!
    While I think it still has some ethics issue, its way better then most models.

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    [–] 14 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I went into this article hopeful, but then realized there's not single mention of how their model is TRAINED. Like... what the hell do they think the primary ethical concern of LLMs IS?!

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    • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    everything has political bias

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Which base model does it use?

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    • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    You have to create an account to use it. So on the privacy point of view, it doesn't compete with Lumo or Duck AI.

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    [–] 19 points 11 months ago

    Real-time web search via Brave - no tracking, no bubbles, just truth

    I wonder if they realize that the owner of Brave is everything they supposedly stand against.

    Military grade encryption (aes-256)

    I smell bullshit.

    ...and absolutely no mention of how it was trained. Does it still crawl the entire internet to steal and plunder and train on material obtained without consent?

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    [–] [S] 5 points 11 months ago

    I asked it how many Israelis were killed by the IDF on october 7 and it actually responded so that's a first

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    well this didnt go very well

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