AI

Last updated 2026-09-25

AI stays off until you choose a provider in Settings; there is no default company, and each feature can be turned off on its own.

AI Your journal Left out Locked Hidden On this device Only the request Cloud provider you chose AI Your journal Left out Locked Hidden On this device Only the request Cloud provider you chose

Where the request goes

  • Integrated modelsDownloaded once, then run here. Your text stays on this computer.
  • A helper on this computerSuch as Ollama. The request never leaves. No privacy notice.
  • A helper on your networkAnother computer gets your journal text, with no privacy notice. Any other address is treated like a cloud provider.
  • Cloud providerSuch as OpenAI or Anthropic. After a privacy notice, it sees the text; Memlore cannot stop it keeping that text.
  • Claude or Codex programUses your login, after that notice. Its company sees the text.

What each feature uses

  • Writing help uses the entry you are writing, even a locked one you have open.
  • Summaries, reviews, and chat skip locked entries.
  • Meaning search sends passages as text; a switch can add locked entries, sent before you reveal them.
  • Hidden entries are always left out, even from writing help. See Locks.
  • Memories stay with a local helper unless you allow a hosted one. See Memory.

Your key and the log

  • Your API key stays encrypted on this device, not synced or sent to Memlore.
  • The AI audit log records calls, not your journal text or key.

Another app on this computer

  • A local connection can let another app here read and write your journal.
  • It stays off until you switch it on.