Beyond general-purpose AI: why sovereignty matters in critical services
THE SO WHAT
AI in critical services is drifting from ‘best model wins’ to ‘who controls the stack and data jurisdiction’. If you run healthcare, finance, or public infra, you need a sovereignty stance in your vendor strategy this year, not as an afterthought in legal.
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