No. Since the app is fully local, you do not need internet to use the core features. You only need Internet to launch the app since Auth0 needs to authenticate you with your token.

We only ask for authentication so that we as developers can know who our users are. This can help us stay in touch with early users for development purposes.

For auth, we have a standard email-password flow provided by Auth0 (also supports Google OAuth). So, the only data we collect is the email provided by users and their login history. This helps us understand how users are using the app, retention rates, daily signups and more.

Sentient can manage its own memories about you. When you mention a fact about yourself to Sentient, it adds it to the knowledgebase and uses this info in the future to respond to your messages with personal context. For example, you can just say something simple like "Find me something interesting to do" and Sentient will use your interests and where you live to search the net for interesting things you can do.

To run Sentient - any decent CPU (Intel Core i5 or equivalent and above), 8GB of RAM and a GPU with 4-6GB of VRAM should be enough. A GPU is required for smooth local model inference. The app only runs on Windows for now.