It's TEE time for Brave's AI assistant Leo

Brave Software has joined the rush to make using cloud-based AI services more private. The browser maker has begun offering Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) for the cloud-based AI models made available to Brave users. TEEs provide verifiable guarantees about the confidentiality and integrity of the data processed by a …

[Anonymous Coward]

They don't get it

And certainly don't understand that we don't want it.

So let's have it offered as a user installable option.

Then we can safely ignore it.

[Dan 55]

Re: They don't get it

Or just uninstall Brave. Far too many dodgy things associated with it already.

[cd]

Re: They don't get it

I'm fine with them all drinking Kool-Aid together...how soon does it take effect?

[JimmyPage]

Oh, fuck.

Can anyone recommend a browser without this shite ?

Anyone ?

[steelpillow]

Re: Oh, fuck.

I have been using Mojeek. Builds its own database, so not very comprehensive, but does offer images. Can't answer for the presence/lack of underhand shite-ology, would be good to hear from anybody who does know.

P.S. I was also using Brave until this thread made me check out its history a bit deeper.

[Bebu sa Ware]

Re: Oh, fuck.

underhand shite·ology—rather good name for some deceitful exploitative pseudo·religion but arguably of already done.

"TEE time" as in Mr Jonathan Teatime ?

Not needed. Not wanted. Not now. Not ever—can't be clearer.

[orbinaut]

Re: Oh, fuck.

Vivaldi has refused to add chatbots, summarizing services, or suggestion engines "until more rigorous ways to do those things are available". I really hope they don't weasel those words later, but for now it's AI-free.

https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/

[Anonymous Coward]

The best use I have found for "AI" bots

is to ask them how to disable other "AI" bots.

ChatGPT detests Gemini, and Copilot hasn't a decent word to say about Deepseek.

[Rich 2]

TTE

Rather than a Trusted Execution Environment, what about a Not-In-The-Least-Trusted Execution Environment?

It always irks me when I have to click noscript’s ‘trust’ button for Google or some such to get a website to work. Just because I’m having to allow it doesn’t mean I trust it one little bit

[Zebo-the-Fat]

It's a browser, all I want is to browse, don't need AI to do that!