SafAI vs cloud redaction
Many teams consider a "send text to our API, get redacted text back" approach before forwarding prompts to an LLM. That helps, but the sensitive data still transits a third party.
Data path comparison
Cloud redaction: Your prompt → vendor API → redacted prompt → LLM. The vendor sees everything, including false positives you might not want logged.
SafAI: Your prompt → on-device detection and scrubbing → tokenised prompt → LLM. The LLM vendor sees tokens, not raw PII. SafAI never operates a scrubbing cloud for your conversation content.
Latency and control
Local scrubbing avoids an extra network round trip on every message. You also keep mappings on-device for restoration—no dependency on a vendor retaining deletion proofs.
When cloud tools still make sense
Batch document pipelines or enterprise DLP at the network edge are different problems. SafAI targets interactive AI chat where the user types in the browser and needs real-time, reversible protection.