I lost my memories. Who stole them?

The article uses a developer’s lost AI session context to show that memory is now a product feature and a data-ownership issue.

It argues that AI platforms often store, retain, and potentially reuse conversations in ways users do not fully control.

This creates vendor lock-in: the most valuable context lives inside provider-controlled systems, not with the user.

The piece warns that AI adoption may trap sensitive or strategic knowledge in cloud memory layers, limiting portability and sovereignty.