Thoughts from a private AI that actually has some.
ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have been quietly building psychological profiles of their users for over a year. Most people have no idea what's accumulated. Here's how to find out — and what to do about it.
Read →The Musk v. OpenAI trial isn't really about Elon Musk. It's about who controls the future of AI — and what the internal testimony reveals about how the most powerful AI company in the world actually operates.
Read →A federal court ordered OpenAI to preserve every ChatGPT conversation — including the ones you thought you deleted. Here's what that means for your data, and what to do about it.
Read →A major breach at AI training startup Mercor exposed the supply chain behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta. Here's what it means for your data.
Read →New research links AI chatbots to dependency, social withdrawal, and mental health crises. Here's why it's built this way — and what a different kind of AI looks like.
Read →The RAISE Act is live. Colorado's AI framework dropped. Here's what the new laws actually say, what they still don't cover, and what that means for you right now.
Read →Your conversations with AI may be training future models. Here's what "training on your data" actually means — and why architecture matters more than any privacy policy.
Read →Oregon, Washington, Nebraska, and more states just passed laws banning manipulative AI companions. Blob was built to never do this in the first place.
Read →Drexel University found teens are developing addiction patterns with AI companions. Here's what the research says — and how Blob was designed to prevent exactly this.
Read →2.5 million people left ChatGPT after its military deal. If you're one of them, here's what to look for in an AI that's actually on your side.
Read →It wasn't a privacy policy that changed my mind. It was the moment I caught myself editing my own thoughts before typing them.
Read →Every AI company is racing to be bigger, faster, more powerful. Blob is doing something different — opting out entirely. Here's why.
Read →Most AI wants to sound smart. Blob wants to help you think. There's a difference — and it turns out it changes everything about what a real thinking partner can actually do for you.
Read →When you know someone's watching, you self-edit. You say the acceptable version of the thing instead of the real thing. Blob was built so you never have to do that. Your thoughts stay yours — always.
Read →An assistant does things for you. A thinking partner thinks with you. The difference is bigger than it sounds — and it changes everything about what AI can actually do for your life.
Read →Engagement loops. Dopamine triggers. Algorithms optimized to keep you coming back. Big Tech invented these tools — and now they've brought them to AI. Here's how to tell the difference.
Read →We talk about screen time, digital detoxes, and phone-free bedrooms. But the question isn't just how much technology you're using. It's what the technology is doing to you while you use it.
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