The founders of Cyanogen and GameOS are developing the KORA OS with system-level AI integration.

The desktop-oriented operating system KORA has been announced, built on the Linux kernel and notable for the integration of AI models, AI services, and AI agents into the system environment. Instead of constructing the desktop around directories and applications, the new OS is organized based on meaning, context, and a knowledge base. In addition to the classic file system, a 'neural file system' is offered, indexing files by their meaning and allowing users and AI agents to find information based on content rather than file and directory names. The project is being developed under the guidance of Kirt McMaster, co-founder of the mobile platform Cyanogen (now LineageOS), John Lagerling, who led the Android business at Google and served as vice president at Facebook, and Franck De Girolami, creator of the Alone in the Dark series and the GameOS distribution. Among the project's investors and partners are Samsung and Qualcomm.

The AI models in KORA are an integral part of the system and are executed using the hybrid engine Cortex developed by the project, optimized for local execution of AI models utilizing all available computing resources, including CPU, GPU, NPU, and offloading computations to other computers in the network. By default, AI models run locally, but there is an option to engage external AI services when necessary. The knowledge base supported by the local AI model creates a user-specific context by analyzing files, email correspondence, contacts, calendar, and other user data.

Each virtual desktop (workspace) runs in a separate
sandbox environment where applications and AI agents can access the common context and knowledge base, but are isolated from the rest of the system.
To gain access to external resources, explicit permission relevant to the access must be provided by the user. Access separation is implemented using AppArmor. An SDK is provided for developing applications that interact with the knowledge base, context, semantic search, and specific projects.

The system also integrates capabilities for launching computer games, adapted from GameOS, and available in the form of the GameFrame environment. With a single click, users can switch from the desktop to a gaming launch mode that resembles a gaming console, allowing them to launch games from popular catalogs. In addition to gaming mode, specialized environments for work and content creation are offered. Features also include automatic speech recognition and support for running Windows applications on ARM systems, compiled for the x86_64 architecture.

The first release of KORA is planned for 2027. In collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, workstations using Snapdragon chips optimized for KORA are being developed. On devices with the Snapdragon X2 Elite SoC, due to the simultaneous use of Oryon processing cores, Adreno GPU, and Hexagon neural accelerators when executing AI models, it is promised that a large language model with 26 billion parameters can be run locally. Additionally, in partnership with HUMAIN, a commercial edition of HUMAIN OS is being developed for enterprises.

Source: opennet.ru