When you run AI agents like ChatGPT Work or Microsoft Copilot, your files and prompts all pass through third-party servers that you’re not in control of. Essentially, you’re paying a subscription fee for the privilege of letting someone else handle your data, when you could be running the same tasks locally from your own hardware.
For professionals and teams that work in regulated industries or need to ensure strict local compliance, this can be an ongoing challenge. Even when you’re opting out of model training in ChatGPT or Claude, you’re trusting them to honor that agreement with very little legal recourse in case they don’t.
