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Ex-corporate worker warns against Google Patents and LLMs for sensitive searches

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A former corporate employee warns against using Google Patents for work-related searches due to potential information leakage. The individual suggests that search queries could reveal sensitive research and patent plans to Google or other entities. This caution is extended to Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI, with a concern that they might "steal" ideas. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about intellectual property theft and data privacy when using AI tools for research.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece from a former corporate employee warning about potential data leakage from Google searches and LLMs.

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Ex-corporate worker warns against Google Patents and LLMs for sensitive searches

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · carstenfranke ·

    When I was in the corporate world we had clear instructions: do NOT use Google patents to search for anything work related or for patents you plan to file. The

    When I was in the corporate world we had clear instructions: do NOT use Google patents to search for anything work related or for patents you plan to file. The reason was that it was unclear how searches could be used and analyzed by Google or others. And these searches could rev…

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