# Google DeepMind Runs Model Evaluations Inside an Encrypted Enclave So Neither Side Sees the Other's Data

The pilot tests a Gemini Flash Lite model against confidential benchmarks using Confidential Space, an Nvidia H100 confidential GPU and Intel memory encryption, with the Singapore AI Safety Institute and MLCommons among the partners.

- Published: 2026-08-28T06:11:21.137Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-28/google-deepmind-runs-model-evaluations-inside-an-encrypted-e
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Google DeepMind](https://deepmind.google/blog/piloting-the-worlds-first-double-blind-ai-evaluations/), [The New Stack](https://thenewstack.io/google-double-blind-evaluation/), [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260827/p36)

Google DeepMind started a pilot of double-blind AI evaluations, in which an external evaluator's test set and the lab's model weights are both processed inside a hardware-isolated environment that neither party can inspect. The stack combin…

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