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data privacy
Privacy-Preserving Text Sanitization for Distributed Agents via Disentangled Representations
Researchers propose DiSan, a privacy-preserving text sanitization framework that uses disentangled representations to separate task semantics from style identifiers. Experiments show it reduces personally identifiable information exposure by 20 times while maintaining 83% answer faithfulness on a multi-agent RAG benchmark, outperforming token-level masking.
MINT Demo 2 Framework Detects Training Data in Vision-Language Models With 90% Accuracy
Researchers introduced MINT Demo 2, a framework to determine if specific data was used to train vision-language models. The system achieves up to 90% accuracy and includes a web platform for auditing multiple model types, aiming to improve AI transparency and regulatory compliance.
New Auditing Framework Detects Synthetic Data Privacy Leaks Without Model Access
A new causal framework for auditing synthetic data detects privacy leaks by distinguishing true disclosures from phantom ones. It uses statistical hypothesis testing with holdout sets, requires no model access or canary insertion, and is orders of magnitude more efficient than shadow-model approaches.
Technology Smart TVs Become Nodes in AI Scraping Networks, Security Research Reveals
Security firm Include Security documents how Bright Data's residential proxy network uses consent-based SDKs embedded in consumer apps, including smart TVs, to route AI training data scraping traffic through home internet connections. The research highlights the unique advantages of connected TVs over mobile phones for this purpose, including always-on power, high-speed WiFi, and minimal user oversight.
Technology 1,000 Data Breaches Later, the Disclosure Lag is Worse Than Ever
Troy Hunt loaded the 1,000th breach into Have I Been Pwned, highlighting that disclosure lag times are worsening despite GDPR and CCPA. Examples include Carnival's 43-day delay and Zara's 45-day silence after ShinyHunters attacks, leaving victims uninformed for weeks.
Anti-Palantir Protests Erupt at UK NHS Conference Over Data Privacy Fears
About 80 protesters, organized by Pull the Plug, demonstrated outside the NHS ConfedExpo in Manchester against Palantir's NHS contract worth up to $440 million. The deal, which includes AI and data analytics, faces scrutiny over national security, data privacy, and political affiliations. The UK government is reviewing the contract ahead of a break clause next February.