A non-technical colleague wants to run AI locally
LM Studio gives a GUI to pick and run open models. Low barrier, but model choice still decides everything.
Try this first
- 1Install with admin rights so it registers cleanly
- 2Start with a small, widely used model for stability
- 3Explain output may be slow on a laptop without a strong GPU
- 4Confirm no client data lands in a local model without policy
When to bring us in
If the laptop holds company data, check against your AI policy first.
See also
- Can I paste a customer file or email into ChatGPT?Depends on the account and settings. Free ChatGPT and a Team tenant behave very differently from what most people assume.
- I want a one-page AI policy for my teamA real one-pager beats a thick document nobody reads. Four headers and concrete examples.
- How do I tell if an AI answer is made up?Models sound confident even when they are wrong. A few habits catch most mistakes.
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