I automated my research workflow with open-source AI, and I finally own my data

Online AI services are a great way to search through and parse long documents, but they come with some drawbacks. Your data is held by someone else, you use up tokens or require a subscription to get access, and you need internet access for it to work. By switching to a local-only approach, I can ensure that no sensitive documents can be leaked accidentally, and I don’t have to worry about whether my private data is being used to train cloud models.