Your Own AI

An AI that can be switched off overnight isn't really yours. Here we run it on your Mac and keep control over what it touches.

Where to start

Your AI Tutorial

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Your AI, at Home

An AI that runs on your Mac, offline, from picking the model to plugging it into your real work.

3 episodes · complete series

Latest Put your local AI to work, no cloud

Series Your AI Going further

Your SSH Keys vs AI Agents

An AI agent works with your rights and your keys. Lock it down before it does any damage.

2 episodes · complete series

Latest Your SSH key behind Touch ID, step by step

3D render of a translucent blue glass bubble holding a small house, with a key ring hanging from its side, one gold key and one blue key

Series Your AI Getting started

AI Agents Under Control

Your AI agent has the keys to your house. A prologue, then six episodes to lock down what it reads, what it runs and what it sends, without giving it up.

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Latest Your AI agent has the keys to your house

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Your AI Tutorial

MCP servers, the backdoor into your AI

MCP servers give your AI real access to your Mac: files, shell. Handy, but it's a backdoor. Here's how to lock it down.

Privacy

Apple Intelligence, what's really leaving your Mac

Your Mac switched Apple Intelligence to ON without telling you. Three layers of processing, only one stays with you. And no one mentions the linked OpenAI account trap.

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September 30, 2026 ANALYSIS Siri AI reads your apps, how to rein it in
August 31, 2026 ALERT A Mac stealer is going after your Claude sessions
August 27, 2026 SIGNAL ChatGPT Reads Your Messages, and the Price Is Your Whole Disk
July 24, 2026 ALERT Claude Cowork in local mode, the agent walks out of the sandbox
July 22, 2026 SIGNAL Hugging Face compromised, and your local model?

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