Open-weights models and self-hosting are not the same as owning your AI.
Ownership requires guarantees built into the infrastructure:
-Privacy, so your data stays yours -Verifiability, so you can prove what ran, on what data, with which model -Neutrality, so everyone has equal access to open markets -Alignment, so the model is optimized for your success
User-owned AI is the whole stack, from inference to settlement, not a license on a model: x.com/NEARProtocol/s…