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  1. jayturley · · focus · HN ↗
    Privacy: "Your messages aren’t saved by America.gov, and your chat disappears when you leave. Some answers may be cached for up to two hours."

    What about the model? My understanding is those queries are saved by the model provider.

    Given this administration, and the privacy issues with the official WH app, this feels very misleading.

    1. bb123 · · focus · HN ↗
      Not necessarily - there are tons of zero data retention (ZDR) model hosting options, including big players like Amazon.
      1. echelon · · focus · HN ↗
        You can use all the flagship models on Amazon Bedrock and have a contractually obligated air gap between your data and the model providers.
        1. birdsongs · · focus · HN ↗
          How do you air gap between a model and the data it needs to operate?
          1. scottyah · · focus · HN ↗
            Not sure, why do you ask?
            1. birdsongs · · focus · HN ↗
              Because an air gap is a literal air gap, no networking, disconnected systems. It's not possible for models to function, with my understanding of it?
              1. scottyah · · focus · HN ↗
                Oh they can, no problem. You just download (transfer data for) the weights and whatever you want running it.

                You can install Gemma4 on ollama on your own computer and try it out! Lots of examples of people coding with no internet using qwen on flights etc.

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