Proton launches ‘privacy-first’ AI writing assistant for email that runs on-device

Privacy app maker Proton has launched a new AI-enabled writing assistant that can help users compose emails with simple prompts, redraft them and even proofread them before they’re sent. The launch sees Proton continue on a trajectory that has seen it replicate many of Google’s products and features in the productivity tools space. Just last month, Google brought its own Gemini AI to Gmail to help users write and summarize emails, and now Proton is following suit with its own flavor. As one might expect with Proton, a Swiss company known for its suite of privacy-centric apps including email , VPN , password manager , calendar , cloud storage and documents , its new assistant is targeted at those concerned about leaking sensitive data to third-party AI providers. Proton Scribe, as the new tool is called, is built on Mistral 7B , an open-source language model from French AI startup Mistral . However, Proton says it will likely tinker with this in pursuit of the most optimum model for this use-case. Additionally, the company says it is making the tool available under the open source GPL-3.0 license , which will make it easier to perform third-party security and privacy audits. Going local Proton Scribe can be deployed entirely at the local device level, meaning user data doesn’t leave the device. Moreover, Proton promises that its AI assistant won’t learn from user data — a particularly important feature for enterprise use-cases, where privacy is paramount. The problem that Proton is striving to address here is real: Businesses have been slower to embrace the generative AI revolution due to data privacy concerns . This early iteration of the writing assistant could go some way toward appeasing such concerns. “We realised that irrespective of whether or not Proton builds AI tools, users are going to use AI, often with significant privacy consequences,” Yen said. “Rather than have users copying their sensitive communications into third-party AI tools that often have appalling privacy practices, it would be better to instead build privacy-first AI tools directly into Proton Mail.” For the less security-conscious, Proton Scribe […]

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