Updated introduction (#264)

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # MindWork AI Studio
+Are you new here? [Read here](#what-is-ai-studio) what AI Studio is.
 
 ## News
 Things we are currently working on:
@@ -49,14 +50,17 @@ Features we have recently released:
 ![MindWork AI Studio - Home](documentation/AI%20Studio%20Home.png)
 ![MindWork AI Studio - Assistants](documentation/AI%20Studio%20Assistants.png)
 
-MindWork AI Studio is a desktop application available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It provides a unified chat interface for Large Language Models (LLMs). You bring your own API key for the respective LLM provider to use the models. The API keys are securely stored by the operating system.
+MindWork AI Studio is a free desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It provides a unified user interface for interaction with Large Language Models (LLM). AI Studio also offers so-called assistants, where prompting is not necessary. You can think of AI Studio like an email program: you bring your own API key for the LLM of your choice and can then use these AI systems with AI Studio. Whether you want to use Google Gemini, OpenAI o1, or even your own local AI models.
+
+**Ready to get started 🤩?** [Download the appropriate setup for your operating system here](documentation/Setup.md).
 
 **Key advantages:**
 - **Free of charge**: The app is free to use, both for personal and commercial purposes.
-- **Independence**: You are not tied to any single provider. Instead, you can choose the provider that best suits their needs. Right now, we support OpenAI (GPT4o etc.), Mistral, Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, xAI (Grok), and self-hosted models using [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp), [ollama](https://github.com/ollama/ollama), [LM Studio](https://lmstudio.ai/), [Groq](https://groq.com/), or [Fireworks](https://fireworks.ai/).
+- **Independence**: You are not tied to any single provider. Instead, you can choose the provider that best suits their needs. Right now, we support OpenAI (GPT4o, o1, etc.), Mistral, Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, xAI (Grok), and self-hosted models using [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp), [ollama](https://github.com/ollama/ollama), [LM Studio](https://lmstudio.ai/), [Groq](https://groq.com/), or [Fireworks](https://fireworks.ai/).
+- **Assistants**: You just want to quickly translate a text? AI Studio has so-called assistants for such and other tasks. No prompting is necessary when working with these assistants.
 - **Unrestricted usage**: Unlike services like ChatGPT, which impose limits after intensive use, MindWork AI Studio offers unlimited usage through the providers API.
 - **Cost-effective**: You only pay for what you use, which can be cheaper than monthly subscription services like ChatGPT Plus, especially if used infrequently. But beware, here be dragons: For extremely intensive usage, the API costs can be significantly higher. Unfortunately, providers currently do not offer a way to display current costs in the app. Therefore, check your account with the respective provider to see how your costs are developing. When available, use prepaid and set a cost limit.
-- **Privacy**: The data entered into the app is not used for training by the providers since we are using the provider's API.
+- **Privacy**: You can control which providers receive your data using the provider confidence settings. For example, you can set different protection levels for writing emails compared to general chats, etc. Additionally, most providers guarantee that they won't use your data to train new AI systems.
 - **Flexibility**: Choose the provider and model best suited for your current task.
 - **No bloatware**: The app requires minimal storage for installation and operates with low memory usage. Additionally, it has a minimal impact on system resources, which is beneficial for battery life.
 
@@ -78,12 +82,15 @@ Your support, whether big or small, keeps the wheels turning and is deeply appre
 
 ## Planned Features
 Here's an exciting look at some of the features we're planning to add to AI Studio in future releases:
-- **Integrating your data**: You should be able to integrate your data into AI Studio. For example, your PDF or Office files, or your Markdown notes.
-- **Integration of enterprise data:** Soon, it will also be possible to integrate data from the corporate network using an interface that we have specified ([External Retrieval Interface](https://github.com/MindWorkAI/ERI), ERI for short).
-- **Writing mode:** We want to integrate a writing mode that should support you in creating extensive works. We are thinking of comprehensive project proposals, tenders, or your next fantasy novel.
-- **Browser usage:** We're trying to offer the features from AI Studio to you in the browser via a plugin, so we could use spell-checking or rewriting text directly in the browser.
-- **Voice control:** You should be able to interact with the AI systems using your voice as well. To achieve this, we want to integrate voice input (speech-to-text) and output (text-to-speech). However, later on, it should also have a natural conversation flow, i.e., seamless conversation.
-- **Email monitoring:** You should have the option to connect your email inboxes with AI Studio. The AI reads your emails and sends you a notification when something important happens. At the same time, you can access knowledge from your emails in your chats.
+- **Integrating your data**: You'll be able to integrate your data into AI Studio, like your PDF or Office files, or your Markdown notes.
+- **Integration of enterprise data:** It will soon be possible to integrate data from the corporate network using a specified interface ([External Retrieval Interface](https://github.com/MindWorkAI/ERI), ERI for short). This will likely require development work by the organization in question.
+- **Useful assistants:** We'll develop more assistants for everyday tasks.
+- **Writing mode:** We're integrating a writing mode to help you create extensive works, like comprehensive project proposals, tenders, or your next fantasy novel.
+- **Specific requirements:** Want an assistant that suits your specific needs? We aim to offer a plugin architecture so organizations and enthusiasts can implement such ideas.
+- **Voice control:** You'll interact with the AI systems using your voice. To achieve this, we want to integrate voice input (speech-to-text) and output (text-to-speech). However, later on, it should also have a natural conversation flow, i.e., seamless conversation.
+- **Content creation:** There will be an interface for AI Studio to create content in other apps. You could, for example, create blog posts directly on the target platform or add entries to an internal knowledge management tool. This requires development work by the tool developers.
+- **Email monitoring:** You can connect your email inboxes with AI Studio. The AI will read your emails and notify you of important events. You'll also be able to access knowledge from your emails in your chats.
+- **Browser usage:** We're working on offering AI Studio features in your browser via a plugin, allowing, e.g., for spell-checking or text rewriting directly in the browser.
 
 Stay tuned for more updates and enhancements to make MindWork AI Studio even more powerful and versatile 🤩.
 

app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Vision.razor.cs

@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ public partial class Vision : ComponentBase
     private static readonly TextItem[] ITEMS_VISION =
     [
         new("Meet your needs", "Whatever your job or task is, MindWork AI Studio aims to meet your needs: whether you're a project manager, scientist, artist, author, software developer, or game developer."),
-        new("One stop shop", "The app will strive to fulfill all your AI needs: text-generation AI (LLM), image-generation AI, audio-generation AI (text-to-speech, potentially even text-to-music), and audio input (transcription, dictation). When there's a provider and an API available, we'll try to integrate it."),
-        new("Local file system", "When you wish, we aim to integrate your local system. Local documents could be incorporated using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and we could directly save AI-generated content to your file system."),
-        new("Local AI systems", "Want to use AI systems locally and offline? We aim to make that possible too."),
-        new("Your AI systems", "Prefer to run your AI systems with providers like replicate.com? We plan to support that!"),
-        new("Assistants", "We aim to integrate specialized user interfaces as assistants. For example, a UI specifically for writing emails, or one designed for translating and correcting text, and more."),
+        new("Integrating your data", "You'll be able to integrate your data into AI Studio, like your PDF or Office files, or your Markdown notes."),
+        new("Integration of enterprise data", "It will soon be possible to integrate data from the corporate network using a specified interface (External Retrieval Interface, ERI for short). This will likely require development work by the organization in question."),
+        new("Useful assistants", "We'll develop more assistants for everyday tasks."),
+        new("Writing mode", "We're integrating a writing mode to help you create extensive works, like comprehensive project proposals, tenders, or your next fantasy novel."),
+        new("Specific requirements", "Want an assistant that suits your specific needs? We aim to offer a plugin architecture so organizations and enthusiasts can implement such ideas."),
+        new("Voice control", "You'll interact with the AI systems using your voice. To achieve this, we want to integrate voice input (speech-to-text) and output (text-to-speech). However, later on, it should also have a natural conversation flow, i.e., seamless conversation."),
+        new("Content creation", "There will be an interface for AI Studio to create content in other apps. You could, for example, create blog posts directly on the target platform or add entries to an internal knowledge management tool. This requires development work by the tool developers."),
+        new("Email monitoring", "You can connect your email inboxes with AI Studio. The AI will read your emails and notify you of important events. You'll also be able to access knowledge from your emails in your chats."),
+        new("Browser usage", "We're working on offering AI Studio features in your browser via a plugin, allowing, e.g., for spell-checking or text rewriting directly in the browser."),
     ];
 }

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Home.razor.cs

@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ public partial class Home : ComponentBase
     private static readonly TextItem[] ITEMS_ADVANTAGES =
     [
         new("Free of charge", "The app is free to use, both for personal and commercial purposes."),
-        new("Independence", "You are not tied to any single provider. Instead, you might choose the provider that best suits your needs. Right now, we support OpenAI (GPT4o etc.), Mistral, Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, xAI (Grok), and self-hosted models using llama.cpp, ollama, LM Studio, Groq, or Fireworks."),
+        new("Independence", "You are not tied to any single provider. Instead, you might choose the provider that best suits your needs. Right now, we support OpenAI (GPT4o, o1, etc.), Mistral, Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, xAI (Grok), and self-hosted models using llama.cpp, ollama, LM Studio, Groq, or Fireworks."),
+        new("Assistants", "You just want to quickly translate a text? AI Studio has so-called assistants for such and other tasks. No prompting is necessary when working with these assistants."),
         new("Unrestricted usage", "Unlike services like ChatGPT, which impose limits after intensive use, MindWork AI Studio offers unlimited usage through the providers API."),
         new("Cost-effective", "You only pay for what you use, which can be cheaper than monthly subscription services like ChatGPT Plus, especially if used infrequently. But beware, here be dragons: For extremely intensive usage, the API costs can be significantly higher. Unfortunately, providers currently do not offer a way to display current costs in the app. Therefore, check your account with the respective provider to see how your costs are developing. When available, use prepaid and set a cost limit."),
-        new("Privacy", "The data entered into the app is not used for training by the providers since we are using the provider's API."),
+        new("Privacy", "You can control which providers receive your data using the provider confidence settings. For example, you can set different protection levels for writing emails compared to general chats, etc. Additionally, most providers guarantee that they won't use your data to train new AI systems."),
         new("Flexibility", "Choose the provider and model best suited for your current task."),
         new("No bloatware", "The app requires minimal storage for installation and operates with low memory usage. Additionally, it has a minimal impact on system resources, which is beneficial for battery life."),
     ];