AI Sovereignty is Your Alpha: How to Avoid Transferring Your Alpha to a Hosted Model Provider

This post details strategies for maintaining AI sovereignty when using hosted model providers. It focuses on contractual protections like Zero Data Retention (ZDR) and restricting data usage, as well as operational considerations such as tracking ZDR-ineligible services, beta features, and image/file inputs. It also discusses ensuring adequate liability caps and carefully determining which terms apply.