$ETH co-founder Vitalik Buterin builds a “paranoid mode” for his AI agent using zkAPI, Tor and cover traffic.
Each conversation gets its own Tor circuit, random traffic helps mask real requests, and zkAPI prevents payment details from exposing the user’s identity.
A local AI model also rewrites prompts before they reach the remote provider.
The trade-off? More latency, and Tor still isn’t perfect for privacy.
It’s a serious attempt to keep your identity, payments and conversations from being tied together when using AI.
Each conversation gets its own Tor circuit, random traffic helps mask real requests, and zkAPI prevents payment details from exposing the user’s identity.
A local AI model also rewrites prompts before they reach the remote provider.
The trade-off? More latency, and Tor still isn’t perfect for privacy.
It’s a serious attempt to keep your identity, payments and conversations from being tied together when using AI.