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David Nield

CrankGPT is a hand-powered, fully offline AI bot powered by a Raspberry Pi and 8GB of RAM — and I'm all for apocalypse-ready chatbots that don't need data centers

CrankGPT.
  • An innovative new AI bot runs on manual crank power
  • It uses a Raspberry Pi and local AI models
  • The bot is built to work offline without an extra power source

Making use of AI bots typically involves relying on cloud access and data centers, and giving up your information (and your chats) to one of the big tech companies. However, a new DIY gadget called CrankGPT works very differently.

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