Sovereign AI is a structural definition, not a marketing claim. It requires seven properties: physical locality, operator-side audit, hardware-bound identity, cryptographic isolation, post-quantum signed memory, action-level rollback, and runtime perimeter on every agent. Commercial AI in 2026 satisfies, at most, two. This is the manifesto, the seven tests, and where the major stacks fall over.Originally published at https://mickai.co.uk/articles/the-2026-sovereign-ai-manifesto. Mickai is a Sovereign Intelligence Operating System; the Open Audit Record signs every artificial intelligence action before it executes, post-quantum and offline-verifiable. 101 filed UK patent applications, Mickai LTD (Companies House 17166618).
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