Nvidia, Palantir, and others restrict advanced AI model usage over privacy concerns, report claims — 'paranoia' rising over customer intellectual property
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Some companies are so worried that they have begun demanding assurances about how their data is handled or going so far as to place limitations on which models their employees can use, and for which tasks, The Information reports. They fear that models may be trained on their intellectual property and information.The issue can be traced back to a June change by Anthropic.
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- ▪Some companies are so worried that they have begun demanding assurances about how their data is handled or going so far as to place limitations on which models their employees can use, and for which tasks, The Information reports.
- ▪They fear that models may be trained on their intellectual property and information.The issue can be traced back to a June change by Anthropic.
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Tech Industry Artificial Intelligence Nvidia, Palantir, and others restrict advanced AI model usage over privacy concerns, report claims — 'paranoia' rising over customer intellectual property News By Oliver Haslam Published 14 September 2026 Zero data retention policies and air-gapped servers have become vital to some big AI users. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Claude) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Anthropic and OpenAI are both facing uncomfortable questions from some large AI customers over concerns about how proprietary data may be used…
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