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New methods enable differentially private models without retraining

Researchers have developed new post-processing methods to create differentially private machine learning models without retraining. These techniques, random selection and linear combination, allow for the generation of models that meet any specified differential privacy requirement, given a set of pre-existing models with varying privacy-utility trade-offs. The study provides detailed privacy accounting using R'enyi DP and privacy loss distributions, demonstrating the effectiveness of these approaches empirically on various datasets and models. AI

IMPACT Enables flexible adaptation of deployed models to evolving privacy regulations without costly retraining.

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New methods enable differentially private models without retraining

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Qichuan Yin, Manzil Zaheer, Tian Li ·

    Differentially Private Model Merging

    arXiv:2604.20985v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In machine learning, privacy requirements at inference or deployment time often evolve due to changing policies, regulations, or user preferences. In this work, we aim to construct a magnitude of models to satisfy any targ…