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title: "Cut the connection | Free Life AI Labs"
description: "A browser illustration of cloud, on-device and hybrid field reporting, using fictional notes to show data routes and loss of connection."
canonical: "https://freelifeai.com/research/data-and-connection/"
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# Cut the connection | Free Life AI Labs

A browser illustration of cloud, on-device and hybrid field reporting, using fictional notes to show data routes and loss of connection.

## A field report. Three ways to build the system.

See where the data goes, and what still works offline.

## Choose a system design

- **Cloud:** The report is prepared by an illustrated external service. This design sends the full note for processing.

- **On device:** The report is prepared on the device using an installed reference. This design makes no external requests.

- **Hybrid:** The report is prepared on the device. Only a reference code goes out to request an updated reference.

Create a sample report, then disconnect while it is on its way. Reconnect to continue waiting transfers. Inspect which reports are ready and which fields have crossed the illustrated device boundary. You can pause, advance by hand or reset the example.

## What is actually happening?

This is a browser model of three possible designs for the same reporting tool. It uses fixed fictional notes and a simple report formatter, with an illustrated external service. The example does not call an AI model or send its notes to an external endpoint.

The cloud example sends the note for processing within the illustration. The on-device example uses an installed reference. The hybrid example produces a local report first, then requests a current reference using its code. A report can be ready while that update waits.

These are design choices. Local systems can receive updates, and cloud-connected applications can include local storage and caching. Hardware, model capability, data handling and the work that must continue determine the right combination.

Animation timing makes the sequence readable; it is not a speed comparison. Cutting the connection pauses transfers. It cannot recall information already sent within the example.

[Try Cut the connection](https://freelifeai.com/research/data-and-connection/)

## Choose where the work runs.

An essential task may need a cloud model, local processing or both. The choice changes what data leaves the device and what remains possible without a connection.

We can develop the applications, models and device setup around those requirements, including queued work and controlled synchronization when the connection returns.

- [Offline & private AI](https://freelifeai.com/solutions/offline-private-ai/)
- [Device platforms](https://freelifeai.com/solutions/device-platforms/)
- [Field engineering](https://freelifeai.com/solutions/field-engineering/)

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## Another question to explore

[Pull the plug.](https://freelifeai.com/research/after-the-interruption/)

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