Tom Fenton tackles seven free and open-source AI tools bring local chat, coding, voice, design and research capabilities to personal computers and self-hosted environments.

I tested both, and beginners have one clear winner.

You don’t need a computer science degree or mastery of the terminal command line to run AI locally anymore. Grab a free, polished desktop app like LM Studio or Jan.ai (available for macOS, Windows, ...

These tools prove there's more than one great way to run local AI models on your computer.

LM Studio is entering the agent business. Bionic allows open models to be used locally or via the cloud to control a Mac or PC. The creators of LM Studio, a popular GUI tool for running local language ...

LM Studio has always been a great way to use local models on the Mac. Its Model Search tool lets users easily check which available models are best suited to their Mac’s specs, and the app has been ...

Despite price increases across the Mac line, Apple is still planning to release a new Mac Studio as soon as this year, reports Bloomberg. Apple plans to introduce a new M5 Ultra chip as the final ...

Maybe you read that Apple can’t avoid raising prices anymore and will have to do so very soon. So you decide to buy that high-end Mac Studio right now to avoid a potential price hike. Good idea. But ...

LM Studio’s Locally app is being updated today with LM Link, a feature that lets users talk to LLMs running on their Macs right from their iPhones. Here are the details. LM Studio is my go-to Mac app ...

Apple’s highly anticipated 2026 Mac Studio has been delayed until October 2026. The delay is attributed to a global shortage of high-performance memory, a critical component in advanced computing ...

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Apple’s highly anticipated next-generation Mac Studio is sparking widespread excitement, with leaks suggesting it will deliver unparalleled performance powered by the M5 Ultra and M5 Max chips. These ...