Yes, no AI is now a feature
Yes, no AI is now a feature
是的，“无 AI”现在也是一项功能
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite used by tens of millions of people – in schools, hospitals, public bodies, law firms and thousands of other organisations – will not add a feature to its default configuration until that feature can be delivered under the conditions defined by the project in accordance with its principles.
在 LibreOffice 26.8 的发布公告下，有一条评论提出了一个简单的问题：“所以，‘无 AI’现在也是一项功能了吗？”LibreOffice 并非一味排斥人工智能，但作为一个被数千万人（在学校、医院、公共机构、律师事务所及其他数千个组织中）使用的办公套件，在相关功能能够满足项目原则所定义的条件之前，它不会将其添加到默认配置中。
User-controlled execution. The user must be able to choose where inference takes place: on the local computer, on an infrastructure directly controlled by the user, or on a service chosen independently by the user. A default setting that silently redirects to a single provider is not a choice.
用户可控的执行。用户必须能够选择推理发生的位置：是在本地计算机上、在用户直接控制的基础设施上，还是在用户独立选择的服务上。那种静默重定向到单一提供商的默认设置，算不上是一种选择。
No content may leave the computer without authorisation. The content of documents is a user’s asset and, in many implementations, is also legally protected material: medical records, case files, tender documents and student data. Transmission must be the result of a user’s decision and not behaviour carried out in the background by the application.
未经授权，任何内容不得离开计算机。文档内容是用户的资产，在许多应用场景中，它们还是受法律保护的材料：如医疗记录、案件卷宗、招标文档和学生数据。数据的传输必须是用户决策的结果，而不是应用程序在后台执行的行为。
No telemetry of any kind. LibreOffice does not collect usage data, and this must also apply to AI features.
拒绝任何形式的遥测。LibreOffice 不会收集使用数据，这一点也必须适用于 AI 功能。
No dependence on a single provider. An integration that only works with a single company’s API is a lock-in mechanism, regardless of how it is described in the release notes. Interfaces should be open and implementable by multiple backends.
不依赖单一提供商。无论发布说明中如何描述，仅能与一家公司 API 协作的集成本质上就是一种锁定机制。接口应该是开放的，并可由多个后端实现。
No compromises on format. Generated content must be in ODF format, just like any other content, and must retain its structure, styles and semantics. An assistant that generates documents in a proprietary format perpetuates content lock-in.
格式绝不妥协。生成的内容必须像其他任何内容一样采用 ODF 格式，并保留其结构、样式和语义。那种以专有格式生成文档的助手只会加剧内容锁定。
Entirely optional. It must be installable, removable, and absent from the user interface for those who do not wish to use it, including administrators deploying the software across thousands of workstations who, due to company policy, do not authorise its use.
完全可选。对于不想使用它的用户，该功能必须是可安装、可移除且在用户界面中不可见的；这同样适用于那些因公司政策而不授权使用该功能的、在数千台工作站上部署软件的管理员。
Where we stand today: In light of this list, there is no integration that meets all the requirements and that could be deployed, enabled by default, and supported throughout the entire lifecycle of a release. This is an assessment of the current state of the technology and the solutions based on it, and not a judgement on the value of the sector.
我们目前的立场：鉴于上述清单，目前没有任何集成方案能满足所有要求，并能被部署、默认启用，且在整个版本生命周期内得到支持。这是对当前技术及其解决方案现状的评估，而非对该行业价值的评判。
In the meantime, users who wish to use AI features can install one of the available extensions, which can be found either on the LibreOffice extensions website or distributed independently. Most connect to a locally running model via Ollama, LM Studio or another OpenAI-compatible endpoint, which means the document never leaves the computer. These are third-party extensions at various stages of maturity, developed and maintained by their respective authors rather than by The Document Foundation. Users and administrators should assess them as they would any third-party component, checking whether a cloud endpoint is configured and what the provider does with the data it receives. The extension mechanism offers AI functionality to those who want it, without any consequences for all other users.
在此期间，希望使用 AI 功能的用户可以安装现有的扩展程序，这些扩展程序可以在 LibreOffice 扩展网站上找到，也可以独立分发。大多数扩展通过 Ollama、LM Studio 或其他兼容 OpenAI 的端点连接到本地运行的模型，这意味着文档永远不会离开计算机。这些是处于不同成熟阶段的第三方扩展，由各自的作者而非文档基金会（The Document Foundation）开发和维护。用户和管理员应像评估任何第三方组件一样评估它们，检查是否配置了云端点，以及提供商如何处理所接收的数据。扩展机制为有需求的用户提供了 AI 功能，同时不会对其他用户产生任何影响。
Why our motivations are different: The reason our position differs from that of the dominant suites has almost nothing to do with the technology. For a company that sells subscriptions, an AI assistant justifies a price increase and strengthens the case for keeping all documents within its own infrastructure. The functionality and the business model reinforce each other, so integration is not only attractive but almost mandatory. The Document Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation. There are no subscription tiers to protect, no upsells, no data to monetise. This does not make us wiser than others, but it means we can take the time needed to decide whether something is genuinely useful for our users, as we are not driven by quarterly results.
我们的动机为何不同：我们与主流办公套件立场不同的原因，几乎与技术无关。对于一家销售订阅服务的公司来说，AI 助手是涨价的理由，也加强了将所有文档保留在其自身基础设施内的必要性。功能与商业模式相互强化，因此集成不仅具有吸引力，甚至几乎是强制性的。而文档基金会是一个非营利组织。我们没有需要维护的订阅层级，没有追加销售，也没有需要变现的数据。这并不意味着我们比别人更聪明，但这意味着我们可以花时间来决定某项功能是否真正对用户有用，因为我们不受季度业绩的驱动。
What lies ahead: The criteria we have listed do not amount to a definitive rejection. The AI sector is evolving rapidly; on-premises inference is becoming manageable on standard hardware; and open models are improving much faster than most of us had anticipated. Should an approach emerge that meets all the conditions, we will evaluate it very carefully. Until then, there will be no AI of any kind in the default installation; extensions will be available for those who wish to integrate AI features, and we will closely monitor where the technology is actually heading.
未来展望：我们列出的标准并不等同于彻底的拒绝。AI 行业正在迅速发展；本地推理在标准硬件上已变得可控；开源模型的进步速度也远超我们大多数人的预期。如果出现一种满足所有条件的方案，我们将非常谨慎地进行评估。在此之前，默认安装中不会包含任何形式的 AI；对于希望集成 AI 功能的用户，扩展程序将继续可用，我们将密切关注该技术的实际发展方向。