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Works with no internet

Home AI

The AI you use every day lives in data centres far away. When the internet or the power grid is down, it is gone. Open AI models can live on a machine in your home instead, next to an offline copy of Wikipedia and a medical encyclopedia. Pick the machine by the kind of AI you want it to run.

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Home AI No internet

The tap water looks cloudy. Can we drink it?

Not yet. Let it settle, pour the clear water through a clean cloth, then boil it for one minute (three above 6,500 feet), or use your filter and a purification tablet. Drink your stored water first.

Example answer, checked against CDC guidance. AI can be wrong.

Three machines

Pick the machine by the AI it runs.

Yes. Free apps like Ollama run open AI models on your own computer, and Kiwix holds all of Wikipedia offline. A laptop with a fast drive runs small models; a mini PC with more memory runs everyday models for the whole house; a 128 GB AI mini PC runs big models close to the online assistants. Nothing needs the internet once it is set up.

Family Kit

Home AI

A small AI computer plus a Wi-Fi box, so every phone in the house can use it

Runs
Everyday AI models (7–14 billion parameters) for the whole house
Models such as
Qwen3 8B, Llama 3.1 8B, Gemma 3 12B
Needs
Nothing else: it runs on its own, from a wall socket or the solar battery.
  • The whole family asks from their phones at once
  • Offline Wikipedia, medical guides and maps in any browser
  • Runs quietly on a power station
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Setup guide

Whole-Home Kit

Home AI Max

A 128 GB AI mini PC built for big open models

Runs
Big AI models (70–120 billion parameters)
Models such as
gpt-oss-120b, Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen3 32B
Needs
Uses more power than the smaller machines: plan for it on your solar battery.
  • Answers much closer to the online assistants
  • Longer documents, careful reasoning and planning
  • Still answers for the whole house over the Wi-Fi box

Setup guide

Source: AMD

What's on it

An AI, and a library to check it against.

Every tier comes with the same free offline library: all of English Wikipedia, the WikiMed medical encyclopedia, repair guides and offline maps. The AI explains; the library is there to check it.

  • Ollama runs the AI models on your own machine.
  • Kiwix holds Wikipedia, WikiMed and iFixit offline.
  • Open WebUI gives every phone a simple chat page.
  • Private: nothing you ask leaves your home.

Questions

Home AI, plainly.

Can I run AI at home without the internet?

Yes. Free apps like Ollama run open AI models on your own computer, and Kiwix holds all of Wikipedia offline. A laptop with a fast drive runs small models; a mini PC with more memory runs everyday models for the whole house; a 128 GB AI mini PC runs big models close to the online assistants. Nothing needs the internet once it is set up.

Is home AI as good as ChatGPT or Claude?

Small and everyday models are useful but less capable than the big online assistants. The 128 GB Home AI Max runs large open models that come much closer. Every AI can be wrong, so check important answers in offline Wikipedia or a first-aid guide.

Does it need the internet?

Only once, to download the software, the models and the offline library. After that it works with the internet unplugged.

Is it private?

Yes. The models run on your own machine, so nothing you type leaves your home.

Can it give medical advice?

It can help you find and understand information, but it is not a doctor. In an emergency, call 911 if phones work, and use the first-aid kit guide and offline medical encyclopedia.