Lumo: Privacy-first AI assistant

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Artificial intelligence has the power to tackle humanity’s challenges, big and small, from scheduling meetings to modeling molecules. But to truly transform how we live and work for the better, we need an AI assistant(new window) built responsibly — putting people and privacy first. Today, Big Tech is repeating the mistakes from the internet’s early days. Instead of using AI to serve people, they’re turning people into products — and using AI to accelerate the surveillance-capitalism business model built on advertising, data harvesting, and exploitation. We believe the benefits of AI are too great to miss, and the risks too serious to ignore. Whether we like it or not, AI is here to stay, but the current iterations of AI reflect a failure to learn from the past. That’s why we built Lumo — a private AI assistant that only works for you, not the other way around. With no logs kept and every chat encrypted, Lumo keeps your conversations confidential and your data fully under your control — never shared, sold, or stolen. Whether you’re summarizing sensitive legal documents, asking private health questions, or rewriting personal emails, Lumo is there to help. It gives you an edge when you need it, without demanding personal data in return. Lumo is a new service within the Proton privacy ecosystem, trusted by over 100 million people worldwide. Because privacy should be for everyone, anyone can start using Lumo today for free — no account required. Just click the button below to start a chat, or download our app for Android(new window) or iPhone(new window). Why we need a privacy-first AI AI opens the door to new opportunities but also new forms of data collection. Today, hundreds of millions of ordinary people interact with AI tools, unwittingly handing over sensitive information that is far more intimate than search or browsing history. Businesses, too, are risking their secrets. And because alternatives for generative AI have so far been limited, we all have to take our...

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