Confer: A Privacy-Focused AI Assistant with Remote Attestation for Verifiable Security

Summary

Confer is a new end-to-end AI assistant that prioritizes privacy and verifiability through remote attestation technology. The system allows users to confirm that only the publicly available software is running on servers, with each release digitally signed and published in a transparency log. While native support exists for macOS, iOS, and Android, Windows requires third-party authentication and Linux support is limited. The article positions Confer as a privacy-focused alternative to other private LLMs, aiming to bring the same level of security to AI that Signal brought to messaging.