The brief mention of differential privacy at WWDC earlier this month seemed to be in line with Apple's image. When senior VP of software engineering Craig Federighi talked about the ways in which the ...

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When the U.S. Census Bureau releases the first local results with demographic breakdowns from the 2020 decennial census on Thursday, the numbers will reflect a new method for protecting the details of ...

Being able to share information about a group of people without compromising any individual person’s privacy kinda sounds like a form of wizardry. But it’s not. It’s just math. I say “just” not to ...

The technique has long been used in regulated industries to secure sensitive information, and it has enormous potential for AI privacy too. However, applying it to LLMs has proven to be challenging, ...

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Privacy-protecting databases use a number of techniques to guard data. The complexity of these techniques has evolved as threats to data privacy have risen ...

In 1997, when Massachusetts began making health records of state employees available to medical researchers, the government removed patients’ names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. William ...

The Census Bureau is rolling out a new algorithm intended to protect respondents’ privacy — but experts warn the change will significantly miscount minority communities and rural areas. Specifically, ...