Yazan Barakat

THE WORK BEHIND THE VOICE

A perspective worth finding.

The most revealing data may be the conversation someone thought was private. Yazan Barakat brings that question into the center of the AI discussion.

Known in the room as Yaz, he is the founder of goBare.AI. His work and Digital Cowboy appearances examine privacy, trust, data ownership, and the consequences of retaining the thoughts people share with AI.

His published AfterShow conversation asks what people would never tell an AI system—and why. It opens a larger discussion about permissions, retention, and the gap between a convenient experience and an understood relationship with technology.

Yaz brings a productive challenge: make the data question concrete. What is collected? Who controls it? What needs to persist? His perspective keeps human agency visible as the tools continue to change.