Are You Getting Addicted to AI? The Truth About ChatGPT & Vendor Lock-In

Are you using AI… or is AI starting to use you?In this episode, Maurie and Jim Beasley unpack a conversation that started with one question:“Are you becoming codependent on ChatGPT?”From there, they explore how AI tools are evolving from helpful assistants into deeply personalized systems that are hard to walk away from.They connect the dots between:AI memory and personalizationVendor lock-in across tech ecosystemsThe growing challenge of switching toolsAnd why owning your own data matters more than everThis episode is part reality check, part strategy session—and a reminder that convenience always comes with a cost.