# Privacy becomes the most important factor for local AI agents

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-03-28
- **Theme:** Local AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-ai/
- **Source:** Akash Network - Decentralized Cloud Built for AI's Next Frontier (DePIN Connection)
- **Watch at:** 00:12:53 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuVl2mVHRyo&t=773s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-ai/2026-03-28-privacy-becomes-the-most-important-factor-for-loca-dc34/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Privacy becomes the most important factor for local AI agents," Akash Network - Decentralized Cloud Built for AI's Next Frontier (DePIN Connection), 28 Mar 2026, 00:12:53. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuVl2mVHRyo&t=773s

## Quote — verbatim

> I think local AI with agents especially with cloud bottom models you saw these days, privacy becomes the most important factor. Every time any data that leaves your network is potentially vulnerable to any snooping.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Argues the two paths to privacy are local AI or privacy-preserving compute (TEEs) on Akash. ("Cloud bottom models" is likely an auto-caption garble of "Claude bot models.")