Google releases verifiable federated learning system based on TEEs
What happened
On 2 October 2026, Google Research released a new-generation federated learning system that uses trusted execution environments (TEEs) to provide verifiable, auditable guarantees for data anonymisation. The system has been deployed in Gboard for English and Japanese next-word prediction models, with claims of stronger privacy guarantees and improved accuracy.
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- Google ResearchSelectedToward provably private learning from federated data
In “Toward provably private learning from federated data”, we announce the next generation of our FL system, which leverages Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) to provide verifiable and auditable guarantees for data anonymization. Gboard has adopted the system to launch next-word prediction models in English and Japanese, with stronger privacy guarantees and improved accuracy.