India, July 24 -- Swiss technology company Proton has released Lumo, which will be an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot competitor for OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic's Claude. But as with all things Proton, the company insists user data privacy and security remains a priority. Lumo is using a collection of open source models, but Proton doesn't detail the specifics. Lumo also doesn't reveal anything, simply saying, "I don't have specific details about the underlying AI models I use". The AI service has been weaved into Proton's other apps, including Proton Mail, Drive, Calendar, VPN, Bridge and Scribe, which find relevance with consumers and enterprise users.

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