Proton Upgrades Lumo Chatbot with Image Generation - Let's Data Science
Proton released Lumo 2.0 on June 30, 2026, adding image generation, a reasoning "thinking mode," persistent memory, and private web search to its zero-access-encrypted privacy chatbot, and says the update scores 127 to 240 percent higher than the prior version on the independent Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. For teams evaluating privacy-preserving AI assistants, Lumo 2.0 narrows the feature gap with mainstream chatbots like ChatGPT while keeping Proton's no-logs, no-training-on-user-data model, a tradeoff Lifehacker tested hands-on in a direct comparison to ChatGPT. A Lumo Plus subscription at $10/month adds unlimited chats and advanced image generation.