Google's New Patent Stops Attackers from Poisoning Its AI with Bad Data
If you can figure out exactly what data an AI was trained on, you can feed it carefully crafted junk to break…
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Google's New Patent Hides Your Real Identity Every Time a Website Asks for It
Every time you hand your email to a news site to read an article, that publisher can potentially link your identity to…
Google Patents Technology to Pick Winning Ads Without Exposing User Data
Every time a webpage loads, an auction determines which ad you see — and that auction typically requires sharing data about you.…
New Patent Teaches AI to Map Connections Between Malicious Web Apps
Most malware detectors look at apps one at a time. Microsoft's new patent wants to build a relationship map — catching threats…
Samsung Patents a Storage System That Baits and Slows Ransomware Attacks
What if your hard drive could catch ransomware in the act — not by recognizing it, but by letting it stumble into…
Samsung Patents a Way to Run AI Queries Without the Server Ever Seeing Your Data
What if you could ask an AI a question and the server answering it never actually saw what you asked? That's the…
IBM Patents a System That Scrubs Sensitive Chat History Before New Users Can See It
Ever scrambled to delete a message before someone with the wrong clearance level joined a work call? IBM is patenting a system…
Qualcomm Patents a Phone That Fakes Out Wireless Surveillance Sensors
Your phone could one day detect that someone nearby is using radio waves to track your movements — and automatically lie to…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Lock Encryption Keys Where Apps Can Never Reach Them
Nvidia is filing patents around a cryptographic architecture where an app can encrypt or decrypt data without ever seeing — or even…
Microsoft's New Patent Wants to Connect Every Known Hacker, Malware, and Attack Into One AI-Readable Map
Imagine every known hacker group, malware strain, and attack technique connected in a single web — and an AI that can read…
Google's New Patent Stops Apps from Hearing Your Mic Until You Actually Trigger Them
Google is patenting a way to let your phone listen for a trigger word or sound — without giving any app access…
Microsoft Patents an AI That Shuts Down Cyberattacks Without Waiting for a Human
Microsoft is patenting an AI model that doesn't just flag cyberattacks — it automatically disables the accounts, devices, and services involved, then…
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