Have you ever thought about how many different AIs a typical knowledge worker encounters in a single day? Here’s my quick list:
Personal AI platform tool of choice (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Grok, Claude, etc.)
Company-provided AI tool (Same list, but probably a different tool)
AI buddy bolted onto their web browser (Atlas+ChatGPT, Edge+Copilot, Chrome+Gemini, Comet+Perplexity, Dia, etc.)
AI tools provided by their device/OS (Windows Copilot, Samsung/Google Gemini, Apple Intelligence, etc.)
AI built-in to just about every application they use. (probably all different, one per app)
Plus all the other company-provided AI tools (Chatbots for HR and IT support, enterprise search, etc.)
Plus any other random AI-powered tools the worker finds on their own (voice typing assistants, note takers, screen memory tools, audio transcriptions, etc.)
A typical knowledge worker could easily have 5+ different AI implementations in daily use. Each one works differently, and has its own interface, policies, and data handling. None of them talk to each other.
And they’re all controlled by different entities.