Masters of Privacy Yngvi Karlson (Kin): the rise of the Personal AI Assistant
We revisit the topics of individual agency, consumer perceptions of privacy, and self-sovereign identity through the lens of a “personal AI”.
Copenhagen-based Yngvi Karlson is the Co-founder of Kin, a personal AI built on privacy and trust. After two successful exits and a career in venture capital, he set out to answer a bigger question: can AI empower us without owning us? For him, Kin is more than technology. It’s a movement to put people back in control of their data, their conversations, and their future.
References:
* My data, my rules? Not so fast. (Sergio Maldonado, 2021)
* Dan Stone: how to own our identity, protect personal data, and escape LinkedIn (Masters of Privacy)
* Jamie Smith: AI Agents, digital identity, wallets and personal data (Masters of Privacy)
* Adrian Doerk: digital identity, digital wallets and data protection (Masters of Privacy)
* Sille Sepp: MyData Global and the fight for Human Centricity (Masters of Privacy)
* An emotional attachment to GPT 4o results in OpenAI reversing course on GPT 5 (Wired)
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