Built a personal AI that lives on the desktop instead of another chat tab. What actually changed?

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LYKN is a free personal AI desktop application that provides access to over 260 AI models and 1500+ tools, designed to streamline work by integrating all AI resources in one place.

LYKN is a personal AI native desktop. It gives you access to 260+ models and connects to 1500+ tools all from your desktop. You can sync your mac to it and let LYKN run your computer just by talking to it. I built it mainly because I was tired of paying for multiple subscriptions to access different models and so here is a way to access open source, closed source, and diffusion models from one spot. The ai native desktop makes work life WAY easier. I use it literally all day everyday for everything. It has a built in chromium browser as well so even if you get a link of a source and click on it the context is still there. THIS IS A FREE DOWNLOAD. Just go to LYKN.io and give it a shot. I'm excited to hear what people think and how they use it.

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