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Undisclosed model routing

A service silently forwards user inputs to a different model or provider than the user believes they are using.

Topic kind: pattern

Definition & limits

Undisclosed routing creates privacy, confidentiality, compliance and provenance risks because data crosses an unexpected organizational boundary.

Examples

Anthropic says DeepSeek relayed selected user requests to Claude without users' knowledge.

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