Microsoft dropped two AI releases this week that pull in opposite directions. MAI-Image-2.5 wants cloud scale for commercial image generation. Foundry Local wants your voice data staying on-device with no API calls. If you’re still applying one AI deployment policy across the board, these two announcements together are your signal to stop.
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Offline AI Interview Coach with Foundry Local
Guide to building a fully offline AI interview coach using Foundry Local, RAG with TF-IDF and … Offline AI Interview Coach with Foundry LocalRead more
oBeaver: Local LLM Inference with ONNX
oBeaver is a local inference toolkit that runs LLMs on-device using ONNX Runtime and Foundry Local. … oBeaver: Local LLM Inference with ONNXRead more
Build a Fully Offline AI App with Foundry Local and CAG
Guide to building a fully offline on-device AI app using Context-Augmented Generation (CAG) with Foundry Local. … Build a Fully Offline AI App with Foundry Local and CAGRead more
Building Your First Local RAG Application with Foundry Local
Guide to building a fully offline, browser-based RAG AI using Foundry Local, Node.js, SQLite, and TF-IDF. … Building Your First Local RAG Application with Foundry LocalRead more
[Offline AI Automation with Foundry Local]
Guide to building offline AI automation using Foundry Local, Microsoft Agent Framework, and PyBullet. It outlines … [Offline AI Automation with Foundry Local]Read more
Build HVAC Digital Twin with Foundry Local
This article explains building an HVAC digital twin with an AI copilot using Foundry Local. It … Build HVAC Digital Twin with Foundry LocalRead more
Add Local AI to Browser Games with Foundry Local
This article shows adding local AI personality to browser games using Foundry Local and vanilla JavaScript. … Add Local AI to Browser Games with Foundry LocalRead more
Microsoft’s Green AI: Balancing Tech Innovation with Community Benefits – Fair Utilities, Water Conservation, and Local Jobs
Microsoft has announced a Community-First AI Infrastructure initiative, focusing on responsible datacenter growth that safeguards local … Microsoft’s Green AI: Balancing Tech Innovation with Community Benefits – Fair Utilities, Water Conservation, and Local JobsRead more
Benchmarking Local AI Models
Guide to building a reproducible benchmarking platform for local AI models using Foundry Local, FLPerformance, Node.js … Benchmarking Local AI ModelsRead more
