Google’s open-source HEIR lets AI work with data it can’t see

Aug 18, 2026 - 09:00
Google’s open-source HEIR lets AI work with data it can’t see

Google’s researchers and engineers developed the Homomorphic Encryption Intermediate Representation (HEIR) compiler project, an open-source compiler toolchain and development platform for homomorphic encryption. It can convert pre-trained AI models designed to operate on unencrypted data into models that process encrypted inputs. The platform helps application developers, compiler engineers, hardware designers, and cryptography researchers develop privacy-focused software systems. Source: Google Jeremy Kun, a Staff Software Engineer at Google, wrote that cryptographers building on HEIR can focus … More

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