A friend is pissy about Calibre adding A.I. into this ebook manager so they are creating a new fork called Clbre, because the A.I. is being stripped out.
Jayne :wales_flag:🇪🇺🏳️🌈
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A friend is pissy about Calibre adding A.I. into this ebook manager so they are creating a new fork called Clbre, because the A.I. is being stripped out.
Canageek
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Ughhhh, et tu calibre?
New featuresRelease: 8.16.1 04 Dec, 2025; or here on their GitHub
Allow asking AI questions about any book in your calibre library. Right click the "View" button and choose "Discuss selected book(s) with AI"
AI: Allow asking AI what book to read next by right clicking on a book and using the "Similar books" menu
AI: Add a new backend for "LM Studio" which allows running various AI models locally
Calibre is one of those pieces of software that I use from time to time but don't follow closely. I wasn't aware they'd been sipping from the poisoned chalice.
#calibre #FOSS #OpenSource #books #eBooks #eBookManager #AIPoisoning #InformationOilSpill
Ughhhh, et tu calibre?
New featuresRelease: 8.16.1 04 Dec, 2025; or here on their GitHub
Allow asking AI questions about any book in your calibre library. Right click the "View" button and choose "Discuss selected book(s) with AI"
AI: Allow asking AI what book to read next by right clicking on a book and using the "Similar books" menu
AI: Add a new backend for "LM Studio" which allows running various AI models locally
Calibre is one of those pieces of software that I use from time to time but don't follow closely. I wasn't aware they'd been sipping from the poisoned chalice.
#calibre #FOSS #OpenSource #books #eBooks #eBookManager #AIPoisoning #InformationOilSpill