Leo, the AI assistant in Brave, now offers end-to-end encrypted chat with GLM 5.3 Flash!

First reported Oct 15, 2026, 16:42 UTC

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Leo, the AI assistant in Brave, now offers end-to-end encrypted chat with GLM 5.3 Flash! Your browser encrypts each prompt before it leaves your device, so only an attested Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) can decrypt it. It's industry-leading privacy you can verify. — @brave (X), Oct 15, 2026, 16:42 UTC
Brave Leo now runs on private AI inference from NEAR AI Cloud, by @near_ai. Pick GLM 5.3 Flash in Leo and your chat is end-to-end encrypted into a hardware enclave (TEE). @brave can't read it. NEAR AI can't read it. The cloud host can't either. 🧵 — @NEARProtocol (X), Oct 15, 2026, 17:21 UTC
🔐 $NEAR AI CLOUD BRINGS PRIVATE AI TO BRAVE LEO Brave Leo now offers private inference through NEAR AI Cloud using GLM 5.3 Flash. Chats are encrypted end to end into a trusted execution environment (TEE). According to the announcement, Brave, NEAR AI and the cloud host cannot… — @gandreou007 (X), Oct 15, 2026, 17:57 UTC

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