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BastionChat: Privacy-first AI that runs on your device

https://bastionai.github.io/products/bastion-chat/
2•FreddyAyala•3h ago

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FreddyAyala•3h ago
After months of optimization work, I managed to get modern AI models (Qwen3, Gemma3) running locally on iPhone/iPad with full functionality - voice interaction, document analysis with RAG, and real-time conversations. The interesting technical challenge was maintaining performance while keeping everything on-device. No simplified models or cloud fallbacks - just proper local inference with vector databases, speech recognition, and multi-modal capabilities. Why this matters: Privacy: Conversations never leave your device Accessibility: Works in remote areas, planes, secure facilities Cost: No per-token pricing or API dependencies Control: Users own their entire AI stack The broader question: Are we seeing a fundamental shift in AI deployment? Instead of centralizing in massive data centers, could we be moving toward distributed, personal AI? This feels similar to the shift from mainframes to personal computers - computing power moving from centralized systems to individual devices. App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bastionchat/id6747981691 Happy to discuss the technical details or implications for the future of AI deployment.

MCP to interact with Android and iOS emulators and write automation code

https://docs.maestro.dev/getting-started/maestro-mcp
1•herval•1m ago•1 comments

Single-shot spatiotemporal vector field measurements of petawatt laser pulses

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-025-01698-x
1•PaulHoule•2m ago•0 comments

How Compilers Break and Fix Constant-Time Code

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06112
2•belter•5m ago•0 comments

My smartphone died and I'm not replacing it

https://sym.bearblog.dev/smartphone-died/
1•speckx•6m ago•0 comments

Why Science Hasn't Solved Consciousness (Yet)

https://www.noemamag.com/why-science-hasnt-solved-consciousness-yet/
1•benbreen•7m ago•0 comments

Musk's chatbot repeatedly praises Hitler

https://www.muskwatch.com/p/musks-chatbot-repeatedly-praises
6•chmaynard•8m ago•0 comments

One Whittie's Mission to Empower Walla Walla Women and Children

https://www.whitman.edu//whitman-stories/one-whitties-mission-to-empower-walla-walla-women-and-children
1•mooreds•11m ago•0 comments

BAML

https://github.com/BoundaryML/baml
1•handfuloflight•11m ago•0 comments

(Attempting to) Engineer the chaos out of AI agents

https://trunk.io/blog/attempting-to-engineer-the-chaos-out-of-ai-agents
2•draward•12m ago•0 comments

Four Types of Autism

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02224-z
1•Balgair•12m ago•0 comments

Why Your Team Still Needs Go Training in the Age of AI

https://www.gopherguides.com/articles/why-your-team-still-needs-go-training-in-the-age-of-ai
1•gopherguides•13m ago•0 comments

Hook, Line, and Term Sheet: Fishing for Capital and Reeling in Investors

https://www.whitenoise.email/p/hook-line-and-term-sheet-fishing
1•twhite214•14m ago•0 comments

Amber Smalltalk

https://amber-lang.net/
1•droideqa•14m ago•0 comments

Over 2000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/nasa-staff-departures-00444674
3•anigbrowl•14m ago•0 comments

The odd distribution of high rise construction

https://www.themoneyillusion.com/the-odd-distribution-of-high-rise-construction/
1•speckx•15m ago•0 comments

We're Leaving Delaware, and We Think You Should Consider Leaving Too

https://a16z.com/were-leaving-delaware-and-we-think-you-should-consider-leaving-too/
1•mfiguiere•17m ago•0 comments

The People of Netua

https://blog.quineglobal.com/post/netua
1•ironmagma•17m ago•0 comments

A data analysis of animal gender in children's books

https://pudding.cool/2025/07/kids-books/
1•dskhatri•22m ago•0 comments

Why Elixir? A Rebuttal to Common Misconceptions

https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0181-why-elixir
2•mooreds•23m ago•0 comments

Hedge funds to blame for coffee price surge, says Lavazza boss

https://www.ft.com/content/b5d7caa9-7ae1-4de7-bc3c-8ad68d1ed556
1•mgl•24m ago•1 comments

NoSurf – Stop wasting life on the net

https://nosurf.net/
1•FigurativeVoid•24m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Does prompt tuning even matter?

1•jonjohh•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Neudesk – Marketplace for Finding Business Services

https://neudesk.com
2•konrad-g•26m ago•0 comments

Google's Cloud IDP Could Replace Platform Engineering

https://thenewstack.io/googles-cloud-idp-could-replace-platform-engineering/
2•rbanffy•27m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Once AI replaces us, can we do Vibe Plumbing?

1•ciwolex•28m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Any tools to automatically diagram cloud infra?

1•telecomsteve•28m ago•1 comments

Express-Voice: instant and accented identity voice cloning model

https://synthesiaresearch.github.io/express-voice/
1•alexvoica•29m ago•0 comments

McDonald's AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers

https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-ai-hiring-chat-bot-paradoxai/
3•impish9208•29m ago•0 comments

YouTube Can't Put Pandora's AI Slop Back in the Box

https://gizmodo.com/youtube-cant-put-pandoras-ai-slop-back-in-the-box-2000626819
3•rntn•31m ago•0 comments

Tell HN: HN is becoming too political

6•redm•33m ago•11 comments