# K-Dense BYOK: An Open-Source AI Research Assistant That Runs Locally and Keeps a Hash-Chained Lab Notebook

**Published:** October 2, 2026
**Author:** Aubrey M. Brueckner, Darshil Patel, Yuhuan He, Timothy Kassis
**Source:** arXiv — cs.AI
**Language:** en-US
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K-Dense BYOK (bring your own keys) is a free, open-source AI research assistant for scientists in any field that runs on the researcher's own computer. The researcher supplies access to a model of their choice, hosted or running locally, and the application supplies everything…

> From the original source: **arXiv — cs.AI**
> [Read full article at arXiv — cs.AI](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.00074)

**Tags:** #arXiv #Open Source AI

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