It sounds like an extreme claim.
It is exactly what is happening with the latest wave of agentic AI.
OpenAI recently revealed a Computer History feature for their desktop app.
The tool tracks every click and keystroke so the AI can learn how you work and automate tasks for you.
The concern goes far beyond privacy and security.
For a CEO, it is a strategic threat.
Every hour your people spend teaching an agent how your firm operates is an hour spent training the next frontier model that will eventually compete with you.
You are feeding your proprietary operational DNA into a third party model and in most instances a foreign country.
You are essentially handing the keys to a big tech frontier model firm in exchange for a short term bump in productivity.
Some will say the immediate ROI of automation outweighs the potential loss of intellectual property.
But if you use your best people to train the very tools that will eventually commoditize your service, you are not gaining efficiency.
You are subsidizing your own obsolescence.
Audit your AI pilots to see where user telemetry is being sent.
You must define your operational DNA and keep it inside your firewall.
Prioritize models that allow for exclusive control.
How much of your secret sauce are you willing to donate to OpenAI in exchange for a slight boost in speed?
The question I keep asking for is "who" is asking for this functionality?
It appears that the writing is on the wall for firms to promote "sovereign AI" at all costs.
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