Proton Has Its Own AI Assistant Now

It's called Lumo, and according to its promotional material what makes it special is:

1. It doesn't keep any logs of your activity;
2. It has "zero-access encryption" so that only you can see your saved chats;
3. It's based in Europe, with stronger privacy protections than provided for by US law;
4. User information isn't shared or used for AI training;
5. It's open source so it can be scrutinized for flaws, backdoors, etc.

It comes in "free" and "plus" versions, and the "free" version is included with other "free" Proton account levels. The "plus" version allows unlimited use, voice input of queries, etc.

I ran a few queries on Lumo to see what was up with it.

One was a reasonably complex query about using a Grom hub on a Lifan KP Mini 150. It gave a very detailed answer that seems accurate (I've been researching that subject recently).

The other was an inquiry into what Large Language Model Lumo uses. It claims that it uses more than one (depending on what the user is trying to do), and that all of them are proprietary. That is, it isn't just passing your queries off go Grok or Llama or whatever and feeding you their output.

Too early to tell just how good Lumo really is, and for what uses, but I didn't notice any problems with its output.

I won't be upgrading to a premium level  myself, at least for the moment, because 1) I don't use AI that much, and 2) between inline search AI assistants on Google and Bing, and Yupp (affiliate link -- if you sign up through me, I get rewards credits), which draws answers from various models and even gives rewards for using it, I don't see any need to pay for AI.

As for you, well, maybe it's something you'll find useful. Here's my affiliate link for Proton. If you sign up through that link, and decide you want one of their paid plans, I get some credit in my account toward my own payments (I use their "Plus" email/drive/calendar plan).