{"slug": "crankgpt-is-an-offline-ai-box-for-the-apocalypse", "title": "CrankGPT is an offline AI box for the apocalypse", "summary": "CrankGPT is a fully offline AI box powered by a hand crank, running speech recognition, a small language model, and text-to-speech locally on a single-board computer without battery or internet. It allows users to crank, speak, and receive spoken answers, designed for scenarios where connectivity is unavailable.", "body_md": "[CrankGPT](https://squeezlabs.github.io/handcrank/) is a fully offline AI box that you power by turning a crank. There's no battery and no internet connection: just a single-board computer (Raspberry or Orange Pi) that runs speech recognition, a small language model, and text-to-speech locally. Crank, speak, and get a spoken answer back. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/06/16/crankgpt-is-an-offline-ai-box-for-the-apocalypse.html)\n\nThe post [CrankGPT is an offline AI box for the apocalypse](https://boingboing.net/2026/06/16/crankgpt-is-an-offline-ai-box-for-the-apocalypse.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/crankgpt-is-an-offline-ai-box-for-the-apocalypse", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/06/16/crankgpt-is-an-offline-ai-box-for-the-apocalypse.html", "published_at": "2026-06-16 12:03:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-16 12:54:04.093778+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["CrankGPT", "Squeezlabs", "Raspberry Pi", "Orange Pi", "Boing Boing"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/crankgpt-is-an-offline-ai-box-for-the-apocalypse", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/crankgpt-is-an-offline-ai-box-for-the-apocalypse.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/crankgpt-is-an-offline-ai-box-for-the-apocalypse.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/crankgpt-is-an-offline-ai-box-for-the-apocalypse.jsonld"}}