# Jupyter-ai: LLM without API Key

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-ai-llm-without-api-key/24347>\
**Category:** JupyterLab\
**Created:** [March 7, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-ai-llm-without-api-key/24347 "2024-03-07T11:24:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anta77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Anta77](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Anta77)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-ai-llm-without-api-key/24347/1 "2024-03-07T11:24:30Z")

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When selecting an LLM without a required API key, I get an error: Failed to retrieve model (type=value\_error).  
 ![LLM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/jupyter/original/2X/9/93d85a00de3db8ebebef1bd26decc1d4fb0afb34.png)