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Brave AI assistant Leo adds Trusted Execution Environments

Secondary article The Register
Published: 2025-11-22 Accessed: 2026-04-30
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Summary

Brave has integrated Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) into its Leo AI assistant to provide verifiable privacy and confidentiality for cloud-based AI data processing.

Key quotes

By integrating Trusted Execution Environments, Brave Leo moves towards offering unmatched verifiable privacy and transparency in AI assistants... transitioning from the 'trust me bro' process to the privacy-by-design approach

The implementation utilizes TEEs provided by Near AI, leveraging Intel TDX and Nvidia TEE technologies. Currently, this feature is available for the DeepSeek V3.1 model within Brave Nightly.