{"slug": "googles-open-source-heir-lets-ai-work-with-data-it-cant-see", "title": "Google’s open-source HEIR lets AI work with data it can’t see", "summary": "Google released HEIR, an open-source compiler toolchain for homomorphic encryption that converts pre-trained AI models to process encrypted data without decrypting it. The platform, developed by Google researchers and engineers, targets application developers, compiler engineers, hardware designers, and cryptography researchers building privacy-focused software. Staff Software Engineer Jeremy Kun said cryptographers building on HEIR can focus on their core work.", "body_md": "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 ](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/18/google-heir-open-source-compiler-toolchain/)\n\nThe post [Google’s open-source HEIR lets AI work with data it can’t see](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/18/google-heir-open-source-compiler-toolchain/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-open-source-heir-lets-ai-work-with-data-it-cant-see", "canonical_source": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/18/google-heir-open-source-compiler-toolchain/", "published_at": "2026-08-18 06:00:54+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 06:10:43.228249+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-research", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Google", "HEIR", "Jeremy Kun"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-open-source-heir-lets-ai-work-with-data-it-cant-see", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-open-source-heir-lets-ai-work-with-data-it-cant-see.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-open-source-heir-lets-ai-work-with-data-it-cant-see.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-open-source-heir-lets-ai-work-with-data-it-cant-see.jsonld"}}