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Hardware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack AI Training Data

Matt Shipman

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Hardware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack AI Training Data

Researchers have identified the first vulnerability that allows attackers to compromise the data privacy of AI users by exploiting the physical hardware on which AI is run.