ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,545, issued on May 19, was assigned to HiddenLayer Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Generative AI model information leakage prevention" was invented by Kenneth Yeung (Ottawa), Tanner Burns (Austin, Texas) and Kwesi Cappel (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An output of a GenAI model responsive to a prompt is received. The GenAI model is configured using one or more system prompts including one or more Easter eggs. The output is scanned to confirm whether an Easter egg is present. In cases in which at least one Easter egg is present, one or more remediation actions can be initiated to thwart an information leak by the GenAI model. Rel...