Frustrating lack of self-awareness and may be mixed up with big tech.
While testing Ensu, I have found a couple of frustrating and concerning issues with it. Ensu has no idea what its own capabilities are. One example: I asked about whether it has the ability to analyze images I upload to it. It said no and that it’s purely an LLM that can only handle text inputs. I asked then why there’s an image upload button in the app and it told me to consult with Ente about Ensu’s features. Seriously? Ensu isn’t trained on its own capabilities? I asked about whether our chats are private. Again, Ensu told me to consult with Ente for answers. When I asked Ensu to tell me about who developed its model, it first told me that it didn’t have any information on the development of its source code. I insisted that this was peculiar and finally it indicated that its “identity” is “Gemma 4” (which was developed by Google Deepmind). I asked again in a subsequent chat who developed the LLM and the response was clear: Google. Assuming this isn’t a hallucination, I am not okay with this. I am very much looking to ditch Google products entirely and I simply don’t trust that Google’s involvement with Ensu is benign, even when run locally. I would issue caution to those looking for a decent private AI option. Ensu feels both inadequate and potentially intertwined with big tech.
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Gute Idee, aber bisher unbrauchbar
Die Idee eines Offline-KI-Chatbots ist an sich attraktiv. Leider beantwortet die App bisher die einfachsten Fragen ausschließlich mit faktisch falschen oder komplett halluzinierten (zum Teil amüsanten) Behauptungen. Trotz Downloads der englischen Wikipedia, die zumindest einige dieser Fehler unmöglich machen sollte. Vielleicht ist der ganze Ansatz einfach unrealistisch. Die App wurde von mir jedenfalls wieder gelöscht.
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Open Source and 100% Private
This is not Claude or ChatGPT. Ensu runs on your phone or desktop with limited GPU and memory. It does not run in a datacenter.
Yet, the fact that it runs on device means you can feed it any personal information. For example:
- a PDF of your tax forms
- a photo feed of your home security cameras
- any photos or information involving your family or friends
We need more ethical products like this. I’m excited to see how this evolves!
Yet, the fact that it runs on device means you can feed it any personal information. For example:
- a PDF of your tax forms
- a photo feed of your home security cameras
- any photos or information involving your family or friends
We need more ethical products like this. I’m excited to see how this evolves!
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Not great
If it doesn’t know the answer, it shouldn’t offer one. It thought Patrick Swayze died many years before he did and of a completely different illness. Despite telling it was wrong, it was very adamant.
Good thinking but not sure what its use would be for me.
Good thinking but not sure what its use would be for me.
Direkt wieder gelöscht.
Die App hat auf sämtliche meiner Anfragen, ausschließlich blühenden Unsinn in Halluzination.
