Important DeepSeek FAQs You Should Know
The need for local AI is great.
I mean, you can chat with your computer, and it’s smart enough to offer relevant solutions. But you think of asking for help with your 401K & remember you’re on the open Internet & it’s nobody’s business what your account number is.
Having control of your Al means having an Al that is trained, tailored, and aligned with your needs. That means the Al is always on your side, always looking out for your interests alone, and has no other loyalties except to you alone.
You can now run DeepSeek Unchained, a powerful, private chatbot in your browser. This means you won’t be broadcasting your information for OpenAl or Google or anyone else to see.
DeepSeek is just the AI that you want to run locally. Here are some FAQs to get you started:
Q: If I use a local AI model from China, it must be sending my data back to China, right?
- A: if you downloaded the Deepseek app on your phone, yes, it’s sending your data back to China. However, if you use a third-party model provider, no, they necessarily wouldn’t send your data back to China. I would say that you’re best going with your own local AI. It’s more like a dictionary than an executable.
Q: Is local AI insecure?
- A: No. One caveat: Don’t download anything that’s a pickle file. Use DeepSeek Unchained to avoid issues with security.
Q: What is the best local AI model?
- A: DeepSeek R1 or R2 are the best for reasoning, research and deep thought processes. For non-coding assistant related tasks like creative writing, content creation, images Gemma 3 is a good choice, but DeepSeek is also quite good at this. Qwen 3—great general model; For OCR, that is, to scan difficult documents that are in an image format, try Olmo OCR
Q: Is this actually free?
- A: Yes, except for hardware and electricity
This list was inspired by Digital Spaceport.
