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The GPT4All Chat Client allows easy interaction with any local large language model. You can have access to your artificial intelligence anytime and anywhere. But the best part about this model is that you can give access to a folder or your offline files for GPT4All to give answers based on them without going online.
Additionally, you do not need to worry about the security of your files, as none of them are used to train other OpenAI tools, and the client is not connected to the internet.
GPT4All is optimized to run 7-13B parameter large language models on the CPUs of any computer running OSX/Windows/Linux. It has a very simple user interface much like Open AI’s ChatGPT.
There are several reasons why you might want to use ChatGPT locally. One reason is that running ChatGPT on your own computer allows you to have more control over the model and its responses. For example, you could customize the model to generate different kinds of creative text formats, and also it has a user-friendly interface and train it with your local files.
Another reason to use ChatGPT locally is that it can be faster than using it online. This is especially important if you need to use ChatGPT for numerous tasks or if you need to use it in real-time.
Finally, running ChatGPT locally means that you don’t have to worry about privacy. When you use ChatGPT online, your data is transmitted to ChatGPT’s servers and is subject to their privacy policies. However, if you run ChatGPT locally, your data never leaves your own computer.
GPT4All is an ecosystem designed to train and deploy powerful and customised large language models. These models can run locally on consumer-grade CPUs without an internet connection.
The developers of this tool have a vision for it to be the best instruction-tuned, assistant-style language model that anyone can freely use, distribute and build upon.
A GPT4All model is a 3GB – 8GB file that you can download and plug into the GPT4All open-source ecosystem software. Nomic AI maintains this software ecosystem to ensure quality and security while also leading the effort to enable anyone to train and deploy their own large language models.
Yes, if you install ChatGPT locally (GPT4All) it does not have a connection to the internet. All it is is a master model that chooses when to call the other ones depending on the query at the time. So if you upload all your personal files no one else will have access to it.
Using Nomic AI’s GPT4All has several advantages:
NOTE: On Windows, the installer might show a security complaint. This is being addressed and should be fixed soon by Nomic AI.
There are a lot of pre trained models to choose from but for this guide we will install OpenOrca as it works best with the LocalDocs plugin.
Quick tip: With every new conversation with GPT4All you will have to enable the collection as it does not auto enable.
Now you can chat with the model it will have access to your documents, and give you citations.
Also you can see a quick example where I uploaded a history book about Roman empresses. It gives the information from the book and where it was taken from.
Well, now you have your own pre trained ChatGPT model.
A great thing you can use it for: doing a weekly review with your personal AI mentor.
The mentor has access to all of your thoughts and notes. You can see how you changed personally over time and even see information from years back if you wish.
Your data stays private and it never leaves your computer.
If your system does have only 8gb of RAM and you have any browser open GPT4All might not run perfectly as it does use quite a bit of RAM. So take that in mind.
No, but it is a great plugin to use without internet connection on your local machine. You can just install the model without the LocalDocs plugin and use the AI tool.
Yes, if you want to you can enable the app to connect to the internet by clicking the WIFI buttonBy enabling this feature, you will be able to participate in the democratic process of training a large language model by contributing data for future model improvements..
The GPT4All community has created the GPT4All Open Source datalake as a platform for contributing instructions and assistant fine tune data for future GPT4All model trains for them to have even more powerful capabilities. The datalake lets anyone to participate in the democratic process of training a large language model.
All data contributions to the GPT4All Datalake will be open-sourced in their raw and Atlas-curated form. More information about the datalake can be found on Github. To contribute, opt-in to share your data on start-up using the GPT4All Chat client. By default, the chat client will not allow any conversation history to leave your computer.
Overall it is a great tool if you want a model of ChatGPT locally. It is faster than the online model and you do not have to worry about training the online models and you will not have any risks if you do decide to upload your own files. I think it is a big leap for natural language processing models but it still has ways to go. GPT4All might not be the most used tool but it might gain some traction in the near future.
Although as all things in life it does have some drawbacks like that it uses a lot of RAM so you can forget using other RAM and CPU heavy tasks but it is better than some other models.
Should you use it? Probably. It might not be suitable for everyone as it really depends for how you use AI tools like ChatGPT. If you want guaranteed protection then this is the way to go.
But if you want an in-house, custom ChatGPT, consider hiring a company like Idea Link, which specializes in creating custom AI for businesses.