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Tencent releases Octop, a self-hosted AI assistant (r/LocalLLaMA)
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Octop is an open-source, self-hosted assistant with a multi-agent architecture, a web dashboard, desktop apps, a CLI and HTTP, SSE and WebSocket APIs. It covers connectors, cron, knowledge, plugins and remote control of the host desktop, and deploys through the desktop app or Docker.
In plain words
- Tencent released Octop, an artificial intelligence assistant for teams, families, and individuals.
- It lets multiple automated helpers work independently or together.
- Users can schedule tasks through a page in their web browser.
- People concerned about privacy can run the whole assistant on their own computer.
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