Yes. Trusting them is my competitive advantage.

I've also been following Anthropic pretty closely for the last two years and I've seen no evidence that they would break their principles here and plenty of evidence of how far they go to respect the privacy of their users: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/12/clio/

> Yes. Trusting them is my competitive advantage.

I don't see what that is supposed to mean. What does that give you?

It gives me the ability to take advantage of the best available models without holding back for fear of them abusing my data.

The alternative is either not using this stuff at all or restricting myself to the much less capable local models.

But how is that a personal advantage? Who are you in competition with against yourself? Maybe I'm parsing competive advantage in a different context than you mean.

I guess I'm competing against other humans at living a fulfilling, enjoyable life?

I don't take that competitive advantage particularly seriously, which is why I invest so much effort giving away what I've learned along the way for free.