NIDO, an offline-first open-source AI assistant, launches an alpha update with a verified Emergency tab covering 23 countries, source-transparent answers, offline knowledge sharing via Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, and enhanced privacy — emphasizing fact-checked responses over hallucinated emergency numbers.
NIDO won't guess. Today's alpha is built around that idea. 🆘 New Emergency tab Emergency numbers for 23 countries (Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the US). Each one is checked against an official source and shows the date it was checked. "Call" opens your dialer with the number typed in, and you press call. There are also quick guides for CPR, bleeding, choking, burns, earthquakes and hurricanes. ✅ Answers that come from verified facts, not from the AI Ask "what number do I call for an ambulance in Chile?" and you get 131 from a table of verified facts, with its source. If NIDO doesn't have your country, it says so. The same rule applies to carbon monoxide: "can I run a generator in the garage?" gets a checked "no". Every week, an automatic check reopens the official sources and flags anything that changed. 📖 See where every answer comes from Under an answer, you can read the whole guide it came from, with the part NIDO used highlighted. 📱 New interface Five sections, one tap away: Chat, Emergency, Library, NIDO and Settings. Settings is grouped and searchable, the chat history has search, and tone and deep research sit next to the text box. 🔗 Share without internet Send a knowledge pack to another phone running NIDO over Bluetooth or local Wi-Fi. Only packs from NIDO's signed catalog are installed, byte for byte. 🔒 More privacy between phones A new "Private hello only" setting, and the local Wi-Fi server now listens only on your Wi-Fi network. ⏳ Answers that finish While the AI writes, a quiet "NIDO is answering…" notification keeps the answer going if you switch apps. NIDO runs entirely on your phone. After the first download it works without internet or an account, and it's open source (MIT). This is an alpha. It passes more than 4,000 automated tests, but it hasn't been tested on real phones yet, so feedback is very welcome. In an emergency, call first: NIDO doesn't replace emergency services.
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