[BUG] kotaemon fails to run local - cloud API copromises privacy and confidentiality

[iopenet]

Description

Kotaemon fails to run any Local LLM
and this compromises confidentiality and privacy by only prioritizing "cloud APIs" out-of-the box.

Any proprietary remote backend makes it untrustworthy by default.
The only trustworthy AI solution for an individual or business is 100% local.

1. Cloud storage may not be as private as you think, as many cloud providers have the technical capability to access your files and data
2. Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities in APIs to access sensitive data, such as personal information, financial details, and login credentials — potentially resulting in identity theft, fraud, and other cybercrimes.

Reproduction steps

✅ CPU/GPU
✅ Default install kotaemon (python)
✅ Download and run gui
✅ Upload file txt 
❌ Fail with any local LLM 
❌ Fail with any local embeddings
❌ Fail .env with local path 
❌ Fail to update LLM
❌ Fail to provide safe alternative

Tested on Win10/WSL/VM running other Apps/LLM

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[Luap2003]

Can you give more information?
Because in the Resources Section under LLMs and Embeddings you can select Ollama and therefore locally run your models,

In your Reproduction steps you didn't mention installing or setting up Ollama, that would be a necessary step, to be able to run llms locally.