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Developer Aries Zhou has launched the open-source macOS app Howler. According to The Register, users can press Option+H to summon a parchment-style interface to ask questions, and after pressing Escape the conversation "burns up" like a Howler in "Harry Potter," with messages kept only in memory and no history retained. The app connects to AI via an API key or a local model, with the key stored in the macOS Keychain and requests going directly to the provider without a relay; however, the report also notes that AI providers may still retain records.
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Howler: AI Burns Chat Logs After Answering Questions
Developer Aries Zhou has launched Howler, an open-source macOS app: press Option+H to summon a parchment-style interface for asking questions, and press Escape to have the conversation "burn up" like a Howler in *Harry Potter*; messages exist only in memory, leaving no history. It connects to AI via an API key or a local model, the key is stored in the macOS Keychain, and requests go directly to the provider without a relay; however, AI providers may still retain records.