Handling PII in customer-facing AI chatbots: mask before sending to LLM

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hoverbot · 4h ago

Author here (HoverBot team). How we keep PII out of LLMs in our chatbots: detect fast -> replace with typed placeholders -> call the model -> unmask on our server. We also cover region pinning and vendor privacy controls. Keen to hear trade-offs, failure modes, and better designs.

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Handling PII in customer-facing AI chatbots: mask before sending to LLM

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