# Local inference because cloud can't be trusted with private data

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-04-23
- **Theme:** Local AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-ai/
- **Source:** From AWS to Akash: Greg Osuri on Building a Decentralized Compute Marketplace (Smart Economy Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:37:52 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fBYZPHOQds&t=2272s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-ai/2026-04-23-local-inference-because-cloud-can-t-be-trusted-wit-fhud/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Local inference because cloud can't be trusted with private data," From AWS to Akash: Greg Osuri on Building a Decentralized Compute Marketplace (Smart Economy Network), 23 Apr 2026, 00:37:52. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fBYZPHOQds&t=2272s

## Quote — verbatim

> My home is entirely run by agents at this point... all my cameras are hooked up to my AI agent. I need local inference because I would never trust cloud on terms of privacy. General rule of thumb is if anything that leaves your network, doesn't matter how secure it is, it is potentially vulnerable to attack vectors that you have no idea and no control over.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Describing his own solar-powered home AI setup (net-zero energy bill, local clusters, models with no internet access) which is now part of the Akash home node network.