AI, LibreOffice, hope
In a rapidly AI slopifying world, there is hope after all.
The Document Foundation, makers of LibreOffice, the most frequently recommended free alternative to Microsoft Office, listed its *lack* of AI integration as a product feature in the newest version: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/26/libreoffice-26-8/
It broke their previous download record for the first week post-release: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/02/one-week-of-libreoffice-26-8-the-stats/
How I found out: https://manualdousuario.net/en/libreoffice-download-record-no-ai/
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