The Privacy Problem No One's Talking About in AI with George Zeng
HomeThe Rollup › Episode

The Privacy Problem No One's Talking About in AI with George Zeng

47:48 Feb 6, 2026
About this episode
Open Claw hit 163,000 GitHub stars in days, but most people are setting it up wrong and risking total financial ruin by having their data harvested. George Zeng from NEAR breaks down why both OpenAI and Anthropic harvest your data, how to run AI agents securely, and why local models cost 90% less.We cover:- Why Anthropic's Super Bowl Ads Expose The Real Problem- Open Claw's Vertical Growth (0 to 163K GitHub Stars)- The Security Mistakes Everyone's Making- How To Run AI Agents Without Losing Everything- Why Local AI Models Are 90% Cheaper Than OpenAI- NEAR Intents + AI Agents = The Agentic Economy- When AI Agents Start Teaching Each OtherTimestamps:00:00 Intro01:07 George's Background at NEAR02:15 Anthropic's Super Bowl Commercials06:02 Data Privacy: The Glass House Problem09:28 NEAR AI's Privacy-First Approach13:03 Trezor, Halliday, Infinifi ads13:45 How Private Chat Works with TEEs18:16 Claude Bot to Open Claw Journey22:38 Security Best Practices for Open Claw25:47 Setting Up Open Claw with NEAR AI29:15 YEET, Kalshi, Hibachi ads29:41 NEAR Intents + AI Agents = Magic34:18 George's Daily AI Agent Workflow37:04 The Case for Local-First AI42:21 AI Agents Creating Other AI Agents45:03 Memory & Context Management45:44 NEAR Token's Role in AI InfrastructureWebsite: https://therollup.co/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P6ZeYd...Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcastFollow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupcoFollow Rob on X: https://www.x.com/robbie_rollupFollow Andy on X: https://www.x.com/ayyyeandyJoin our TG group: https://t.me/+TsM1CRpWFgk1NGZhThe Rollup Disclosures: https://goodidea.ventures??????????: ????????? ?? ?????????????? ??? ???? ????????? ????? ???? ???????? ????? ????????? ????????? ????, ????? ?????, ???????? ??????? ??? ????. ?? ??????? ?????? ?????????? ???? ???????, ?? ??? ???? ? ?????????? ?? ??? ?? ? ???????????, ?? ???? ?? ??? ???? ?? ???? ?????? ???? ???? ?? ?? ?????. ?? ??? ???????? ?? ??????????? ??????? ????????, ??????? ?? ????? ?? ????????? ??????. ?? ??? ??? ????????????? ?? ???????? ????????.
Select an episode
0:00 0:00