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AI Can Unmask Online Identities, Study Reveals

3/8/2026

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  • The study by Anthropic and ETH Zurich shows large language models (LLMs) can deanonymize online accounts by linking pseudonymous profiles to real identities.
  • LLMs analyzing public text in the arXiv-published study achieve up to 68% recall and 90% precision, outperforming traditional methods.
  • The cost to identify an account could be $1-$4 per profile, raising privacy concerns.
  • Researchers call for stronger privacy tools and safeguards as AI capabilities grow.