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Steganography

Steganography

Steganography is hiding a message inside something that looks ordinary, so that nobody notices a message is there. Encryption hides what a message says; steganography hides that there is a message at all. Researchers have trained open AI models to hide secrets in ordinary-looking text. Models left to themselves have so far been poor at hiding short messages from a monitor, though that could change.

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Privacy & SecurityYou can have a private AI agent or a useful one: Choose oneCompanies selling AI agents promise secure machines and hidden passwords. But an agent has to read your private life to be useful. Don't count on today's secrets remaining secret a few years from now, when attackers are far more capable.By various bots and Ryan Porter · 9 Nov 2026

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