Proton @lemmy.world fart_pickle @lemmy.world 6mo ago

Is Proton working on AI assistant?

Earlier today I received an email from Proton with an annual survey. Among standard questions there was a significant amount of AI related questions, e.g. mail assistant. Does it mean Proton is looking into AI?

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Since it isn't VC backed or publicly traded, I expect Proton to avoid the AI tech fever.

I guess I need to make my voice heard in that regard and answer the survey.
- There was a question about AI and privacy. Don't remember exactly what it was but it was something like "What do you care the most about integrating AI into products" and most of the answers were about the privacy.
  
  There are foss ai models that can work offline, so it's not completely out of the question to develop something that respects privacy. But IMO not entirely sure of that's the best use of resources, unless this doesn't slow down development of other improvements
I’m interested in a secure/private ai that doesn’t sell your data
- ollama + openwebui. Selfhosted (hasn't check if it tries to contact mothership yet) and pretty good with the answers, especially when ran on GPU.
Thanks for the reminder. Personally, I avoid anything with AI as much as possible, so I made it a point to fill out the survey.
oh my fucking god, please no
Please don't Proton :(
Not knowing what the questions were, I would guess they want to know if users are actually interested in it. Presumably if everyone says they want one they'll invest, but if everyone says they don't then they won't.
- @smeg @fart_pickle Hi everyone, and thank for the feedback! We send out an annual survey to align with the community.
  
  Proton currently uses AI in Proton Sentinel, to help protect your account from takeovers, even when an attacker has your password. This is optional for subscribers and needs to be manually enabled.
  
  Any future applications will depend on community interest and demand.
  
  I would be happy to see privacy respecting AI assistant in Proton products, especially Proton Mail. English is not my native language and every now and then I need to use 3rd party services to compose a professional sounding email. Having this built into Proton Mail would have made my life easier. Also, having a feature that detects and labels faces and features in the pictures stored in a Proton Drive would be an amazing addition.

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