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Yes, no AI is now a feature

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 04, 2026

Quoting: Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog —

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.

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