Building a Local AI Chatbot: What I Learned Running LLMs on My Own Laptop (No GPU, No Cloud API)
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Hi Codez, Today I'm taking my first step toward building my own chatbot. Now, the obvious assumption is that you need a GPU like an NVIDIA CUDA-compatible card, plus a subscription to a high-level LLM like OpenAI's or Claude's models. But here's the thing — as learners, we don't need any of that. Y…
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- 2026-09-14 17:36 · DEV Community — AI
Building a Local AI Chatbot: What I Learned Running LLMs on My Own Laptop (No GPU, No Cloud API)