Data Sovereignty in the Age of AI: Why Structure Matters

Read the latest article from Big Ideas Foundry in the July Eros eNewsletter.
Artificial intelligence is changing how information is discovered, interpreted, and used. For adult industry retailers, this creates an important question: what exactly does data sovereignty mean when AI systems increasingly influence how products, businesses, and customers interact?
The traditional view of data sovereignty focuses on ownership. If a business collects customer or product data, it owns that data. While ownership remains important, it is only part of the picture.
AI does not see businesses the way people do.

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