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DrupalBrief: Drupal GovCon 2025 - Ollama: Using Open source AI for Drupal Development

Drupal Brief Season 2025 Episode 34806

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The Podcast explores Ollama, an open-source platform enabling local execution of large language models (LLMs), and its application within Drupal development. It highlights the importance of licensing for truly open-source models, distinguishing between fully open, partially open, and open-weight options. The text then illustrates practical AI capabilities within Drupal, such as automated image alt text, enhanced search, and translation workflows, often leveraging Ollama-powered models. Furthermore, it introduces Continue, an open-source IDE assistant that integrates with Ollama for tasks like code completion, commenting, and agentic reasoning, emphasizing the benefits of local processing for privacy and security. The discussion also touches on the future of Drupal AI, including advancements in model context protocols and collaborations, while acknowledging the resource intensity of training and running LLMs locally.

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Source Video: https://youtu.be/1t3U-C50NI4

Video Sponsors:  https://www.drupalforge.org/

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