Ant Group has launched “AntGuard,” a significant development in addressing the security concerns tied to large AI models. This solution consists of two main parts: “AntScan 2.0” and “TianGuard,” with the aim of enhancing the trustworthiness and dependability of large AI models employed across different industries.

AntGuard: Enhancing Security for Large AI Models

The primary goal of AntGuard is to tackle security issues related to problematic training data, uncontrollable inference processes, and external malicious influences. It focuses on three essential areas: measuring large model security, intelligent risk management, and cleaning up data-related issues.

AntScan 2.0 acts as a security expert for large models. Before these models are put into action, it thoroughly checks them, identifying vulnerabilities across various aspects like data security, content security, and ethical considerations.

TianGuard, on the other hand, acts like a protective shield for large models. It uses smart risk control technology to protect models from harmful external queries and filters out potentially risky responses generated by these models. This approach ensures security throughout the entire process, from user inputs to the model’s outputs after deployment.

Moreover, Ant Group and TianGuard are dedicated to maintaining model security during both the training and application phases. They achieve this by implementing strategies like cleaning up problematic data sources, aligning training processes, and conducting research to improve model transparency.

Both AntScan 2.0 and TianGuard are now accessible to the public, providing a robust security framework for large-scale AI applications.

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President of the United States, Donald Trump, who lost the election and is set to leave office in a couple of weeks, has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese applications, including Alipay and WeChat Pay.

Interestingly, the order is set to take effect in 45 days, after Donald Trump leaves office. The applications banned with this executive order includes apps from some of the biggest companies like Ant Group and Tencent.

In an attempt to justify the ban, Trump said that the applications can access private information from users and could be used by the Chinese government to “track locations of Federal employees and contractors, and build dossiers of personal information.”

Several US-based companies, including Apple, Ford Motor, Walmart, and Walt Disney previously objected to an executive order by Donal Trump that banned Tencent’s WeChat as well as ByteDance’s TikTok. A federal court has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the ban on WeChat.

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As noted above, the executive order bans Alipay, a payments application from Ant Group with more than a billion users. It also bans three applications from Tencent, which includes WeChat Pay, QQWallet, and Tencent QQ. Other apps in the list include CamScanner, SHAREit, Vmate, and WPS Office.

The move seems to be furthering the US-China trade war which started when Donald Trump issued an executive order banning China-based Huawei Technologies, the world’s largest telecom equipment manufacturer.

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The on-going US-China trade war keeps intensifying with every passing week. In the latest development, the U.S. State Department has submitted a proposal to add China’s Ant Group to a trade blacklist.

The development was first reported by Reuters, citing two people aware of the matter. However, it is not yet clear when the relevant agency in the government will review the company to determine its addition to the Entity List.

The news comes at a crucial time as the Ant Group is going public and could be worth up to $35 billion with dual lists in Shanghai and Hong Kong. It is reported that the move from the U.S. comes as the China hardliners are seeking to deter U.S. investors from taking part in the initial public offering (IPO).

The Trump officials fear Ant could potentially give the Chinese government access to sensitive banking data belonging to U.S. users. This is the same reason that the U.S. government has been using to ban Chinese companies, without actually offering any proof to back the claim.

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Adding Chinese companies to the Entity List has become the go-to move for the United States government. It started with Huawei in May last year, which has made it very difficult for the company to carry on with its smartphone business.

While the move of adding the company to Entity List has been effective for Huawei, the same move for Ant Group is unlikely to have any substantial effect given that the company has only 5 percent of its business outside of China.

For those who are unaware, Ant Group is the leading mobile payments company in China and offers several services, including loans, payments, insurance, and asset management. Alibaba Group Holding has a 33 percent stake in Ant and the company is controlled by Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba.

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