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Open-source AI app Locally Uncensored launches Mac beta

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Locally Uncensored, an open-source desktop application for running AI models locally, has released its first beta version for Mac. This new version allows users to perform tasks such as chat, image generation, and voice processing directly on their Apple Silicon Macs. While the Mac build is still in beta and has only been tested on one specific machine, it offers features like local document indexing for chat and an OpenAI-compatible API. Image generation is handled by the app's own engines, distinct from its Windows and Linux versions which utilize ComfyUI. AI

IMPACT Enables more users to run AI models directly on their personal Macs, potentially increasing local AI experimentation.

RANK_REASON This is a beta release of a desktop application for running AI models locally, not a frontier model release or significant industry event.

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Open-source AI app Locally Uncensored launches Mac beta

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · David ·

    Local AI on a Mac: what one open source app runs on Apple Silicon, and what it does not

    <p>Locally Uncensored 3.0.6 is the first release with a Mac build. It is an open source desktop app (AGPL-3.0) that runs AI models on your own machine: chat, a coding agent, image and video generation, voice, and a model that can use your mouse and keyboard. On Windows and Linux …

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