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Andrew Ng Just Released OpenWorker: An Open-Source, Local-First Desktop AI Coworker That Returns Finished Deliverables Instead of Chat

Andrew Ng Just Released OpenWorker: An Open-Source, Local-First Desktop AI Coworker That Returns Finished Deliverables Instead of Chat

Andrew Ng has released OpenWorker, an MIT-licensed desktop AI agent that returns finished deliverables instead of chat replies. It runs a local Python agent server under a Tauri shell, supports 30 curated tool-calling models plus fully local Ollama, and gates every write, shell command and off-machine action behind a typed risk engine. The post Andrew Ng Just Released OpenWorker: An Open-Source,…

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