The Document Foundation said LibreOffice will not include AI features in its default installation “for the foreseeable future,” presenting the decision as a privacy protection rather than a gap. The foundation argued that most AI tools send documents to remote servers, and that any organization handling confidential, legally privileged or personal data needs to know where that data goes, with the only reliable assurance being that it “does not leave the machine.” Users who want AI can still install optional extensions that connect to models running on their own devices. The foundation also set criteria any future built-in AI would have to meet, including keeping data local and avoiding dependence on a single provider. As AI gets added to nearly every productivity app, LibreOffice, used by tens of millions of people and organizations, is betting some users care just as much about what is left out.

AI cloud company Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation, led by Coatue Management and Blackstone, ahead of a planned 2027 public offering, The Wall Street Journal reported. Lambda rents out GPU computing power for AI workloads, and its contract backlog jumped from $15 billion in June to $50 billion in September. Anthropic accounts for $35 billion of that backlog through a deal signed in late August. The company also raised $1 billion in debt the week before to buy chips, a reminder that much of the AI data-center buildout runs on borrowed money. That leaves Lambda’s growth story tied closely to one customer relationship and to lenders’ willingness to keep financing it.