India, April 7 -- A team of Indian researchers has developed a patent-pending technology to prevent identity leaks during AI photo editing. The system was spearheaded by Dipesh Tamboli, Vaneet Aggarwal, and Vineet Punyamoorty of Purdue University, who developed the core architecture. They were joined by technical collaborator Atharv Pawar from the University of Michigan to co-author the research, creating a pipeline that secures personal images before they are uploaded to third-party AI platforms.

The researchers opened up about the project in a conversation with HindustanTimes.com. Speaking about the inspiration behind the project, Dipesh explained that it "came from a specific moment in early 2025 when AI "Ghibli-style" filters went vi...