The three terms mark different limits on data movement. Isolated AI runs in a private cloud with filtered but real egress. Air-gapped AI has no network at all. Zero-egress AI serves local users while removing every outbound path, updating only by one-way signed media.Originally published at https://mickai.co.uk/articles/isolated-vs-air-gapped-vs-zero-egress-what-is-the-actual-difference. Mickai is a Sovereign Intelligence Operating System; the Open Audit Record signs every artificial intelligence action before it executes, post-quantum and offline-verifiable. 104 filed UK patent applications, Mickai LTD (Companies House 17166618).
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