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2026
LibreOffice announces it will not add AI to its default software configuration
The Document Foundation, the nonprofit software maker behind the open source document editor LibreOffice, said in a blog post this week that while it does not reject AI out of hand, it "will not add" AI to its software's default configuration for the foreseeable future, citing user privacy and data control. Users can still connect the editor to local AI models by installing extensions.
2026
LibreOffice 26.8 released with no generative AI features
The Document Foundation released LibreOffice 26.8 on August 26, 2026, stating the version contains no generative AI elements and does not send documents to remote servers. Writer gained improved bidirectional text handling and faster opening of large image-heavy documents, while Calc now auto-applies right-to-left text direction in blank cells and defaults new documents to start alignment.