Gradient Inversion

Gradient inversion is a technique used to reconstruct training data from model gradients, posing a significant privacy risk in federated learning and other distributed training settings. Current research focuses on improving the accuracy and efficiency of these attacks, particularly for high-resolution images and large batches, employing various architectures including deep neural networks and diffusion models, and exploring algorithms like neural architecture search and independent component analysis to enhance reconstruction quality. The ability to reconstruct sensitive data from gradients has major implications for data privacy in machine learning, driving the development of both improved attacks and robust defenses.

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