How to Let AI Know You (Without Letting It Steal Your Work)
This is the first Working Session inside The New Internet — a body of thought exploring what it means to own your place on the internet before AI makes that decision for you.
AI is moving fast. And as it floods the internet with synthetic content, something interesting is starting to happen — people are moving back to owned spaces. Personal websites. Direct relationships. Content they actually control.
This session is about why that shift matters and what to do about it right now.
Angela Benton has been thinking about data sovereignty longer than most people knew it was a conversation worth having. She built a patented data valuation algorithm, founded platforms ahead of their moment, and has been watching AI reshape the value of your digital identity in real time.
On Wednesday she’s thinking out loud — about what’s actually happening, what she’s been building because of it, and what you should be considering about your own digital presence in 2026.
The robots.txt file, your AI usage policy, your owned platforms — these aren’t just technical tools. They’re decisions about who you are on the internet and who gets to profit from it.
Come ready to think. You’ll leave with both a new perspective and something actually built.
Format: 60 min working session + 30 min live Q&A