Mirror Reflections · Research and experiments

Encrypted intelligence. Bounded agents.

Mirror protects both sides of an AI system. Encryption keeps prompts, context, memory and evaluations private across supported paths, including FHE inference. Goal-bound authority limits what agents can delegate, access and commit. Each investigation shows one of these boundaries with primary sources and runnable tests.

05 PUBLISHED INVESTIGATIONS

Research by boundary

05 investigations · Updated 1 Sep 2026

PAPER RESPONSE · INTERACTIVE PROOF

Encrypted reasoning can still travel. Mirror binds it.

A valid opaque reasoning artifact can be replayed without breaking its encryption. Mirror replaces the portable artifact with a handle bound to the original user, session, and model.

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BOUNDARY TESTED
ISSUEBound handle
MOVEChange context
VERIFYReject
PROVIDER REVIEW · LIFECYCLE EXPLORER

ZDR protects what remains. Not what runs.

Zero Data Retention limits residual copies after processing. It does not stop conventional inference infrastructure from receiving usable plaintext while the model runs.

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BOUNDARY COMPARED
ZDRPlaintext runs
FHECiphertext runs
TECHNICAL PAPER · INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS GUIDE

How an LLM can run without seeing your prompt.

One encrypted model pass is not a response. Token selection, KV memory, feedback, ciphertext schema, precision, refresh, GPU placement, and output release must remain connected across the complete supported generation.

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BOUNDARY EXTENDED
INGRESSEncrypted prompt
LOOPEncrypted state
RELEASEClient only
PILOT RESPONSE · INTERACTIVE ARCHITECTURE

Double-blind is the right goal. FHE can narrow the box.

AVERI and Google DeepMind showed that private benchmarks and proprietary model weights can meet inside an attested enclave. This note shows how FHE can reduce the plaintext and trusted-code surface inside that shared boundary.

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BOUNDARY NARROWED
TEEAttest the model
FHEEncrypt the eval
RELEASEAgreed result
INCIDENT RESEARCH · EXECUTABLE LAB

The route may change. Authority must not expand.

A capable agent can recover from a blocked path by finding another route. The security question is whether that new information can create new authority. We classify six incident patterns and test the same task with and without destination-verified action control.

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BOUNDARY VERIFIED
GOALApproved scope
ROUTEAgent adapts
ACTIONExact authority
THE MIRROR THESIS
Encrypt intelligence before it crosses a boundary. Keep agent authority tied to the original goal. Verify every consequence before it becomes real.