Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
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@Jeff None of the core developers use them. We rely on contributions from the wider community and don't explicitly list tools people can and can't use – but we do require people disclose when they use LLMs and generally discourage the practice. We carefully review submissions by contributors to make sure the code quality is good and that the patch author understands their own code. LLMs are prohibited for students and other mentored work.
@libreoffice @Jeff I would have said this was a good policy in the past, but I think it's worth considering the potential copyright issues presented with AI-generated output (but not with using AI to ask questions about the code base or to check your code for issues).
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@pri Things are starting to happen
LibreOffice has around 200 million users (we estimate – of course we don't track people). The Austrian Military has moved 16,000 PCs from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice. Similar things are happening in Germany and Denmark. And quietly in many organisations and companies around the world...... and this seemingly quiet movement will only accelerate over the coming years.
Thank you for sticking to your principles. Much appreciated.
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Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/
@libreoffice ... all their bubble's gonna burst...
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@Jeff None of the core developers use them. We rely on contributions from the wider community and don't explicitly list tools people can and can't use – but we do require people disclose when they use LLMs and generally discourage the practice. We carefully review submissions by contributors to make sure the code quality is good and that the patch author understands their own code. LLMs are prohibited for students and other mentored work.
@libreoffice @Jeff The quality of the #LLM generated code is a small part of the problem. There are much important environmental and human rights issues associated to genAI / Big tech that we, the FreeSoftware community, can not ignore. We count on LibreOffice to keep making a difference in our society. Please, don't let us down.
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@libreoffice libreoffice should be more mainstream
@pri @libreoffice with this feature, #LibreOffice is bound to become more mainstream! Microsoft's and Apple's products are leaking every corporation that uses them's secrets into #AI regurgitators. That isn't going to end well.
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@pri @libreoffice That doesn't make it any better.
And would they even know if you save your documents as .doc?
@yora @libreoffice well the thing is i have to use my college student microsoft account for keeping and sharing my docs, but i have gotten away with turning in libreoffice docs and getting 100%, but sometimes the formatting is off and i have to use word.
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Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/
@libreoffice thanks. What a relief
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Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/
@libreoffice I'm sure plugins are available if you want that.
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@libreoffice I'm sure plugins are available if you want that.
@soulfire That's exactly what the blogpost says
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Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/
@libreoffice thank you
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Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/
Very reasonable!
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@yora @libreoffice well the thing is i have to use my college student microsoft account for keeping and sharing my docs, but i have gotten away with turning in libreoffice docs and getting 100%, but sometimes the formatting is off and i have to use word.
@pri @yora @libreoffice Indeed. I am also in a position where I need to use certain Word templates and cannot afford for the formatting to be sometimes off. Too bad. I use LibreOffice for my bookkeeping and private stuff, but currently can't use it for work. -
Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/
@libreoffice I understand that their are issues at Libreoffice, with result that many developers goto #Collabora Office.
So if you want to keep the development, then i understand that Callabora Office (Classic) is better solution then LibreOffice (because the Libre is gone by matter of speaking)
Collabora Office- https://www.collaboraonline.com/collabora-office/
Collabora Office Classic- https://www.collaboraonline.com/collabora-office-classic/OpenOffice become LibreOffice become CollaboraOffice.
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Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/
@libreoffice LibreOffice is the best!
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@wobweger @libreoffice @grvsmth @moskitokoenig
It's still coded using AI, same as what Debian just decided to do.
https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/70c7f6ba49cfc506fc47dac32af98976ecf33cf8
https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/42cdc47554fa746baa863860143fc81fe8bb1c80
https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/7c0d875aca090de4f4d1164578683c0b7e0c6040
@argv_minus_one @wobweger @libreoffice @grvsmth @moskitokoenig That is what generative AI is useful for.
It is very good at generating computer code and will vastly increase the quality of what professional programmers can produce.
That is my experience
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Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/
@libreoffice hell yeah 🩵
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Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/
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@argv_minus_one @wobweger @libreoffice @grvsmth @moskitokoenig That is what generative AI is useful for.
It is very good at generating computer code and will vastly increase the quality of what professional programmers can produce.
That is my experience
@worik @argv_minus_one @wobweger @libreoffice @moskitokoenig Surveys and studies of coders say the opposite:
Generative AI is good at producing text that resembles code and may compile, but the code is unreliable and takes as much work to debug as it would to write it from scratch.
A lot of coders have your experience. Until they actually look at the code it produces.
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Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/
@libreoffice
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@worik @argv_minus_one @wobweger @libreoffice @moskitokoenig Surveys and studies of coders say the opposite:
Generative AI is good at producing text that resembles code and may compile, but the code is unreliable and takes as much work to debug as it would to write it from scratch.
A lot of coders have your experience. Until they actually look at the code it produces.
@grvsmth furthermore, many studies have shown that llm users perceive themselves to be more productive than they are, or even perceive productivity gains when instead their productivity is worsened
this of course doesn't acknowledge all the other consequences of llm usage to the environment, cognition, mental health, communities both local and abroad, workers rights, creators rights, global internet infrastructure, etc...
@worik @argv_minus_one @wobweger @libreoffice @moskitokoenig
