Personal AI agents like OpenClaw and Hermes are powerful but risky by default. We run them on infrastructure you control, with the guardrails that make them safe to use.
Personal AI agents can read files, browse the web, and take actions on your behalf. That's useful. It's also a lot of access to hand to a tool without proper controls in place.
An agent with broad permissions and no audit trail is a breach waiting to happen. The capability is worth having. The default setup isn't worth the risk.
Microsoft, Cisco, and NVIDIA have all published warnings about running personal AI agents unguarded. Self-hosting controls where an agent runs, but it doesn't make it safe on its own. That comes down to configuration, and it's the hardest part to get right.