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The masking layer matters more than the model

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Once sensitive data reaches a model provider, no later decision can bring it back. The layer that detects and masks that data before any model call deserves more design time than model selection. In the AI systems I build, designing the masking layer was among the hardest parts of the work, harder…

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  1. 2026-10-28 06:39 · DEV Community — AI
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