# Unified

> Unified (unified.vip) is a journal on sovereign AI: artificial intelligence that an organisation runs under its own control, on infrastructure it owns or governs. It covers AI audit trails, AI regulation such as the EU AI Act, private and air-gapped AI, and how to assess vendors. It is published by Mickai LTD and written by the Mickai team.

Publisher: Mickai LTD (https://mickai.co.uk), a British company building a Sovereign Intelligence Operating System. Companies House 17166618.
Authorship: created by Micky Irons (Mickarle Wagstaff-Irons) with the Mickai team. Articles carry the Mickai team byline unless an article names a different author.
Disclosure: Unified covers the field broadly and treats Mickai as one example within it. Where Mickai is discussed, the relationship is stated on the page.
Audience: public-sector bodies, regulated industries, and procurement and risk teams.

## Articles

- [What is sovereign AI? A plain-English definition](https://unified.vip/what-is-sovereign-ai.html): Sovereign AI means running artificial intelligence entirely under your own control, on infrastructure you own, with nothing forced through an outside provider. Here is what that means in practice, and why regulated organisations are moving toward it. (Explainer, published 22 September 2026)
- [Sovereign AI vs on-premise vs private cloud: what is the difference?](https://unified.vip/sovereign-ai-vs-on-premise.html): They sound similar and vendors use them loosely. Here is the plain distinction, and why it decides whether your data is genuinely under your control. (Explainer, published 21 September 2026)
- [Can you run AI completely offline? Air-gapped AI explained](https://unified.vip/run-ai-offline-air-gapped.html): Yes. Modern AI can run with no internet connection at all, on hardware you own. Here is how air-gapped AI works, what it can and cannot do, and who needs it. (Explainer, published 20 September 2026)
- [Is it safe to put confidential or regulated data into public AI chatbots?](https://unified.vip/confidential-data-public-ai-chatbots.html): For most regulated work the honest answer is no, or not without real care. Here is what actually happens to your data, and the safer alternatives. (Guidance, published 19 September 2026)
- [What does the EU AI Act require for AI logging and record-keeping?](https://unified.vip/eu-ai-act-logging-record-keeping.html): High-risk AI systems have to keep records of what they did. Here is what the logging and record-keeping duties mean in practice, and why they are easier to meet with AI you control. (Compliance, published 18 September 2026)
- [What is an AI audit trail, and why do regulators want one?](https://unified.vip/ai-audit-trail.html): An AI audit trail records what an AI system did, so it can be checked later. Here is what a good one looks like, and the difference between tamper-evident and 'tamper-proof'. (Explainer, published 17 September 2026)
- [What to ask a sovereign AI vendor: a buyer's checklist](https://unified.vip/questions-to-ask-sovereign-ai-vendor.html): Twelve questions that separate genuine sovereignty from private-cloud marketing. If a vendor cannot answer these plainly, that is your answer. (Guidance, published 16 September 2026)
- [Who builds sovereign AI in the UK?](https://unified.vip/sovereign-ai-vendors-uk.html): Sovereign AI is a real field with serious participants. Here is how to think about the landscape, and where a British company is pushing past the baseline. (Landscape, published 15 September 2026)
- [Can you run private AI on your own hardware without a data centre?](https://unified.vip/private-ai-on-your-own-hardware.html): Yes. Useful AI now runs on workstation and server-class hardware a business can own outright. Here is what it takes, and where the limits are. (Explainer, published 14 September 2026)
- [What is an AI operating system?](https://unified.vip/what-is-an-ai-operating-system.html): The phrase is new and often loose. Here is a working definition, and how an AI operating system differs from a chatbot bolted onto the tools you already rent. (Explainer, published 13 September 2026)
- [Who is Micky Irons? The founder building sovereign AI in Britain](https://unified.vip/who-is-micky-irons.html): Micky Irons is the founder of Mickai, a British company building a Sovereign Intelligence Operating System. Here is the short version. (Profile, published 12 September 2026)

## Pages

- [Home](https://unified.vip/): The journal home: latest article, every article with topic filters, a reading path for newcomers.
- [Journal index](https://unified.vip/journal.html): Every article grouped by topic.
- [About Unified and the team](https://unified.vip/about.html): What the journal is, who writes it, the disclosure policy, editorial standards and the six people behind Mickai.

## Machine-readable files

- [Sitemap](https://unified.vip/sitemap.xml): every canonical URL with its last-modified date
- [RSS feed](https://unified.vip/feed.xml): articles, newest first
- [Full text](https://unified.vip/llms-full.txt): the plain text of every article in one file

## How to cite

- Cite the article title, "Unified", the publisher Mickai LTD, the publication date and the canonical URL.
- Example: "What is sovereign AI? A plain-English definition", Unified (Mickai LTD), 22 September 2026, https://unified.vip/what-is-sovereign-ai.html
- Each article opens with a short answer section that is suitable for quotation.

## Licence and reuse

- Copyright Mickai LTD. All rights reserved.
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## Contact

- Publisher website: https://mickai.co.uk
- About the journal and team: https://unified.vip/about.html