SIGNAL 001 / MEMORY SOVEREIGNTY
If a personal AI remembers you over time, who should own that memory?
The model can change. The relationship should not have to start from zero.
Models are becoming easier to switch. Memory is not.
AI systems are improving quickly, and users can increasingly choose among different models and providers. But a person’s accumulated context, preferences, decisions and history can remain locked inside a single product experience.
That creates a new asymmetry: intelligence may become interchangeable while continuity remains trapped.
Who should own the memory created through years of interaction?
If a personal AI remembers a person over time, that memory is more than stored text. It can contain context, preferences, relationships, unfinished questions and the history behind decisions.
The central question is therefore not only whether AI can remember. It is whether the person can inspect, edit, delete, govern and carry that memory forward.
Treat memory as a user-governed continuity layer.
Signal’s direction is simple: memory should not be treated merely as a feature buried inside one model. It should be designed as a continuity layer with explicit ownership, consent and control.
This is the question behind STAY and the broader idea of Memory Sovereignty.
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