AI Weekly Malaysia

The Document Foundation says LibreOffice will not add AI features for the foreseeable future, following its late-August release that it says contains no generative AI features. The nonprofit frames this as a deliberate design position: documents are not uploaded for processing, no part of the software requires a network connection, and users retain control over data. LibreOffice, used by tens of millions of people and organizations, still lets users install extensions that connect to local AI models.

Why: If you handle confidential, legally privileged, or personal documents, LibreOffice’s no-AI and no-network-required stance gives a concrete audit-friendly assurance that data does not leave the machine. But it also means built-in AI help is absent by default, so any AI workflow requires you to add and manage local-model extensions yourself. For builders deciding whether to bundle AI into a product, this is a counterexample to treating AI features as mandatory.