Proton Mail Adds an Open-Source AI Writing Assistant to Take on Gmail
Proton Mail launches "Proton Scribe," an AI writing assistant for business users, ensuring data privacy with local processing and zero-access encryption. Available for business plans with free trials and GitHub access.
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Proton Mail has introduced an open-source AI writing assistant called "Proton Scribe" to enhance user experience and compete with Gmail. This privacy-focused tool is initially targeted at business users, assisting in composing, proofreading, and adjusting email content tone. Notably, all processing occurs locally on the user's device, ensuring data privacy through zero-access encryption. Users can also choose to run the tool on Proton Scribe's no-logs servers. Proton Mail emphasizes the importance of integrating AI tools within their platform to safeguard user privacy, contrasting with third-party AI services. Proton Scribe is available for Proton Mail business plans at an extra cost, with a free trial and complimentary access for certain subscription tiers. The feature is gradually rolling out for web and desktop clients, with potential future inclusion in non-business plans. Interested users can explore the source code on Proton Mail's GitHub page for transparency and further insights.
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10 commentsThen again, it's a WEB app!
And still, no Proton Drive for Linux.
- is opt-in. You must actively choose to use this feature
- is open-source
- uses an open-source model
- does not use your data to train the model
- doesn't break existing zero-access-encryption
- runs locally on supported devices
- can be run on a Proton-provided no-log server if you choose to
From my understanding Scribe doesn't do anything unless you enter a prompt. And before that you have still have to choose between local or server side before you can even use it.
There's also a toggle to remove it from the UI.
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