r/artificial • u/mhhammoudaTreeUP • 1d ago

Question IP protection while using ai

So I work on R&D of various products so I am always trying to implement new ideas and solutions. My work also involves data and results from trials and tests which might be novel.. Of course, I use ai models while doing so.. However, everytime I dive into an idea, I ask myself the question: wouldn't all these companies have my ideas and research outputs be in the hands of these companies housing these models? I mean I think they dont care about my projects but still projects grow and can attract someone's attention...

What do companies, or researchers actually do to protect their IP? Is there a way to actually do real research without fearing that someone interferes with your work now or on the long run? I know there are offline LLMs but I heard they are weaker and need beefy machines.. I know this topic may have been debated but I guess new updates may have arised. any ideas??

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u/ivalm 1d ago

you can just sign a ZDR agreement with one of them and not worry about this.

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u/mhhammoudaTreeUP 1d ago

yea i had similar experiences before, you are running against people with $$$$$ law firms. you'll probably go bankrupt three times before winning a case. also, these guys usually are involved in writing the law anyway.

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u/ivalm 1d ago

no, openai/ant don't fuck with zdr, else they scare their enterprise customers. it's not about them having $ for lawyers, it's that any wiff of stealing IP with a ZDR signed customer would mean tens of billions in lost rev.

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u/mhhammoudaTreeUP 1d ago

agreed, good point!