You Can Now Disable All AI Features in Zed
9 months ago
- #code-editor
- #AI
- #privacy
- Zed aims to be the world's best code editor, with first-class AI features.
- Users can now disable Zed AI via a global setting in settings.json.
- New users will soon have an option to disable all AI features during onboarding.
- Reasons to disable AI include concerns about training data, environmental impact, and machine-generated code.
- Organizations may restrict AI tool usage for legal or proprietary code reasons.
- Privacy alternatives include using your own API keys or local AI models.
- Zed AI service ensures code and prompts are not stored or used for training.
- Zed acknowledges skepticism around AI but encourages understanding its role in software development.
- Zed is open-source (GPL license), allowing further customization.
- Future goals include Windows support and improving both AI and non-AI experiences.