ORNL

What the Latest Federated AI Research Means for Your Privacy If you use a smartphone with predictive text, voice typing, or a fitness tracker that learns your habits, you are already relying on a type of artificial intelligence called federated learning. The big selling point has always been privacy: your data stays on your device, and only anonymous model updates are sent to the cloud. But recent research has shown that those updates can sometimes be reverse-engineered, leaking parts of your personal information. New work from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) aims to close that gap. ...