A.I.’s un-learning problem: Researchers say it’s virtually impossible to make an A.I. model ‘forget’ the things it learns from private user data

A.I. models pose a challenge to data privacy as it is difficult to remove user data from these models without resetting or deleting the entire model, presenting a collision course with inadequate privacy regulations, according to experts.

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