Here are some resources for working on AI / ML without having to use the big guns such as OpenAI / Hugging Face / et al.:
FreeCodeCamp tutorial link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECotpcPCTaU
ML5.js: https://ml5js.org/
Teachable Machine: https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/
Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/