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Today, generative AIs meet many uses, and it would be a shame not to take advantage of them. However, in the age of the GDPR, it’s legitimate to question the exposure of customer or partner data when relying solely on AI providers whose data processing remains opaque. Having myself participated in the construction of one of these new virtual assistant services, I offer here a simple guide to starting up a machine and evaluating the performance of your AI application, or to offering your employees access to sovereign AI, with the aim of easily comparing the different models available. [Read More]

It’s possible to use generative AI without sharing your data with companies or states that raid our data. The world of free software is full of applications for evaluating and using generative AI. After extensive testing, I present here the cloud-init file for deploying your own LocalAI instance in under 5 minutes. Why LocalAI? LocalAI is a free software application designed to offer a local, self-hosted alternative to AI service providers. [Read More]

I installed the continuous integration service Woodpecker, to replace DroneCI, which the company that bought it decided to bury. As Woodpecker is a fork of the latest free version of Drone, its use is broadly similar. However, the teams have taken different directions on certain aspects, and communication with agents/runners, which used to be via websockets, is now carried out in Woodpecker using the GRPC protocol. The solution proposed by the Woodpecker documentation is to use 2 domains: one will be used for the web interface and the REST API, the second will be used for GRPC. [Read More]

In an idealized world, we would all be free to access any service, made available by a community motivated by the common good rather than by the penurious enrichment of a few. However, we don’t live in that world. Today, everything is monetized: the smallest product or service only exists if it brings in enough money, without regard for the common good. The apparent gratuity of digital services is often accompanied by a more discreet but lucrative counterpart: the exploitation of our personal data. [Read More]