AI SafeStep™: DeepSeek
DeepSeek · from DeepSeek
A conversational assistant you reach through a phone app or a web browser. The engine underneath is released openly under the MIT licence.
Ask & Answer™ guidebooks, taught by Andee™
Every guidebook is built on the five steps.
Each Ask & Answer™ guide teaches one AI tool in the words on its own screen, with device pathways, practice tasks and an AI SafeStep™ checkpoint. Learn the steps once, and they work in every guide.
Open-source AI: the Lifelong Learner Series
7 guidebooks covering the open side of the AI world, written for older adults, families, libraries and adult-learning groups. Each takes 30 to 45 minutes, plus setup time and breaks.
Apps built on open engines
AI SafeStep™: Qwen Studio
Qwen Studio · from Alibaba
Alibaba’s free assistant, “powered by the Qwen series models,” on web, phone, tablet, Mac, and Windows. Many Qwen engines are released under the Apache 2.0 licence.
AI SafeStep™: Vibe by Mistral
Vibe by Mistral (formerly Le Chat) · from Mistral AI
The European assistant formerly called Le Chat, in a browser or as a phone app. Mistral releases several engines openly under Apache 2.0; some stay closed.
AI SafeStep™: HuggingChat
HuggingChat · from Hugging Face
A free web chat app from Hugging Face, the public library where most open engines are shared. Try many open engines in a browser and compare answers.
Resident AI: programs that run engines on your own computer
AI SafeStep™: Ollama
Ollama · from Ollama
A free program that downloads open engines (Gemma, Qwen, Mistral, gpt-oss) and runs them on your own computer. Once a model is downloaded it answers offline, and your typing stays on your machine.
AI SafeStep™: LM Studio
LM Studio · from LM Studio
A friendly chat window for local models: “download and run Large Language Models like Qwen, Mistral, Gemma, or gpt-oss,” and “operate entirely offline.”
AI SafeStep™: Jan
Jan · from Menlo Research
An open-source desktop program that promises to “Turn your computer into an AI computer,” running open engines locally with nothing sent to a company server unless you choose.
Lesson paths with Andee™
Twelve lessons each, from signing in to everyday tasks such as a doctor visit, a scam check and a note to the grandchildren. Every lesson walks through Pause, Ask, Check, Protect and Improve, and ends with Try this now and a Quick Quiz.
Ask & Answer™: Learn ChatGPT with Andee™
ChatGPT · from OpenAI
Twelve lessons, from your first question to voice, privacy settings, sources and a scam check.
Ask & Answer™: Learn Google Gemini with Andee™
Google Gemini · from Google
Twelve lessons, from your first question to Gemini Live, Keep Activity, Temporary chat and a doctor visit.
Ask & Answer™: Learn Microsoft Copilot with Andee™
Microsoft Copilot · from Microsoft
Twelve lessons, from your first question to photos, Notebooks, sources and Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps.
Ask & Answer™: Learn HuggingChat with Andee™
HuggingChat · from Hugging Face
Twelve lessons, from what open-source AI is to choosing a model, web search and a scam check.
A guide that keeps up with the screen
Buttons and menus change more often than the steps. Each printed guidebook carries a QR code to an Adaptive Editions™ version check, which confirms the current version and shows any replacement pages.
