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PRIVATEEDIT — our privacy-by-design pipeline for face-centric generative image editing (IEEE Transactions on AI, 2026) — was featured across national, international, and university outlets in March–April 2026, from Digital Trends and Yahoo Tech to Hindustan Times. Purdue Research Foundation technology no. 2025-AGGA-71122; provisional patent filed 2025-05-03. Coverage of other work — such as our ENBED DNA foundation model — is listed at the end.
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"AI photo editing without the privacy trade-off is almost here" — major US consumer-tech outlet.
Mar 2026
Mainstream tech coverage, syndicated from Digital Trends.
Mar 2026
"4 Indian researchers in US develop unique tech to prevent ID leaks during AI photo editing" — major Indian national daily.
Apr 2026
Hindustan Times feature syndicated on the MSN India news portal.
Apr 2026
"Purdue University, Indiana's Indian American researchers advance science on multiple fronts."
Mar 2026
Premier science press wire — syndicated to journalists worldwide.
Mar 2026
"‘Privacy by design’: Tech protects against identity leaking during AI photo editing."
Mar 2026
Purdue official & research
The originating press release.
Official
Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering — patent feature on the Aggarwal group.
Official
Elmore Family School of Electrical & Computer Engineering department feature.
Official
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security.
Official
"Purdue researchers develop tool to keep personal images private during AI editing."
Student press
Official PrivateEdit technology listing (Technology No. 2025-AGGA-71122).
Patent
Press photo of Vaneet Aggarwal and Dipesh Tamboli.
Photo
On Instagram
Diaspora, regional & aggregators
Local Indiana TV coverage.
Indiana
"Indian American researchers' tool protects against identity leaking during AI photo editing."
India / US
In-depth feature on the "Trust Slider" and the project's Ghibli-trend origin story.
Tech
Indian-American weekly — syndication of the News India Times feature.
India / US