The article shows how modern inference APIs embed provider-only state—encrypted reasoning tokens, hidden searches, server-side compaction, and stored response IDs—making AI sessions nonportable. It proposes five tests (inspection, export, replay, audit, deletion) to verify true session ownership and warns that encrypted or ID-based state breaks continuity across providers.

Workbench lets you control your Mac from iPhone or iPad via high-fidelity streaming and voice dictation, with Apple Pencil, gesture, and middle-mouse support. It runs on Astropad’s proprietary LIQUID technology over a global relay network for low-latency, end-to-end encrypted sessions without port forwarding. You can also monitor and manage headless Mac minis running AI workflows remotely.

Moxie Marlinspike, creator of Signal Messenger, is launching Confer, an open-source AI assistant designed to ensure user data remains private and unreadable by anyone except the account holders. Utilizing strong encryption and trusted execution environments, Confer aims to set a new standard for AI chatbots while maintaining user confidentiality and security.