Now free, LLM Guard is an industry-leading open-source project for protecting large language models (LLMs) from security threats, misuse, and fast login attacks, while also providing tools to manage risk and compliance needs.
OpenAI's GPT-4 and other LLMs are revolutionizing the field of application of artificial intelligence because it excels at understanding and generating language. According to multiple industry analysts, their adoption spans a variety of sectors, including customer service, healthcare, and content creation, driving the market from $11.3 billion in 2023 to $51.8 billion in 2028. Driven by demand for applications such as chatbots and virtual assistants, this growth has made LLMs a key tool for businesses looking to leverage text data for a competitive advantage. However, security and abuse concerns have limited wider adoption by large companies.
Protect AI is pleased to announce the acquisition of Laiyer AI's team and product suite, which significantly enhances our leading AI and ML security platform. These new capabilities will enable our customers in the automotive, energy, manufacturing, life sciences, financial services, and ** sectors to develop secure and reliable GenAI (generative artificial intelligence) applications. "Our industry-leading platform now has advanced features and filters to manage LLM prompts and responses, enhance the end-user experience, and reaffirm our commitment to protecting generative AI applications." ”
In 2023, the OWASP Top 10 LLM Applications highlight the unique security risks associated with deploying large language models (LLMs) that business leaders should be aware of. Key risks include timely entry, training data poisoning, and chain vulnerabilities. One issue of concern is the prompt input vulnerability, where an attacker can manipulate the LLM through a crafted input, resulting in data exposure or manipulative decision-making.
These attacks can be direct (via the input of the LLM) or indirect (via a contaminated data source) and can often bypass detection due to implicit trust in the output of the LLM. With upcoming LLM regulations, it is critical to guard against such malicious activities and harmful responses to maintain the integrity and security of your company.
Laiyer AI's LLM Guard is a breakthrough security solution that solves the challenges associated with deploying LLMs. Unlike many closed-source, untested options that are popular on the market, LLM Guard offers a transparent, open-source alternative that boosts confidence in deploying LLMs at enterprise scale. This innovative tool is designed to enhance the security of LLM interactions, supporting both proprietary and third-party models.
The core functions of LLM Guard include the detection, editing, and processing of LLM inputs and outputs, effectively reducing the risk of personal data leakage in timely input. These features are indispensable to protect LLM functionality while preventing malicious attacks and misuse. In addition, LLM Guard seamlessly integrates with existing security workflows, providing observable tools such as logging and metrics. This puts Laiyer AI at the forefront of providing essential security solutions that enable developers and security teams to deploy LLM applications securely and efficiently.
There is a clear need in the market for a solution that can secure LLM use cases from start to finish, including as they scale up to production. By partnering with Protect AI, we will expand the LLM security capabilities of Protect AI products to provide the industry's most comprehensive end-to-end AI security platform." Laiyer AI co-founders Neal Swaelens and Oleksandr Yaremchuk said.
LLM Guard is the leading performance leader of LLM in enterprise security. This innovative solution balances latency, cost, and accuracy, with an impressive scale of adoption with more than 13,000 libraries** on HuggingFace and 2.5 million proprietary models in just 30 days. The performance of LLM Guard has been improved, CPU inference latency has been reduced by 3x, and cost-effective CPU solutions can be used instead of expensive GPUs without compromising accuracy. LLM Guard is a leader in the field, strengthening its position as the default security scanner for Langchain and several other leading global businesses.
Laiyer AI's integration strengthens Protect AI's position as the premier platform for AI security and MLSecops. Protect AI provides unmatched capabilities that enable businesses to build, deploy, and manage AI applications that are not only secure, compliant, but also operationally efficient. Founded by AI leaders at Amazon and Oracle, Protect AI is backed by Crew Capital, Boldstart Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, Knollwood Capital, Pelion Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures, and is headquartered in Seattle, USA.