By Arun Verma
Investor and Advisor, NakodaX ·
NakodaX blog/Perspective·3 min read
How do you stop people putting your files into AI tools?
If someone puts a document protected with NakodaX into ChatGPT or Copilot, the tool gets encrypted data, not text. Data Protection sends each recipient only their own columns, and Source Protection keeps chosen code files out of the readable release. A screenshot can still be pasted into AI.
AI tools get nothing readable from a protected file. A screenshot is the one path that stays open.
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A recipient can paste a contract into ChatGPT, upload a customer export to Copilot or drop a code file into Gemini in seconds. A normal file, table or code folder does nothing to stop that.
This post shows how NakodaX leaves little readable to paste in, for documents, data and source code.
How are documents kept out of AI?
NakodaX turns a protected document, image or file into a .nkxd file before it leaves you. The content inside is encrypted, and the key stays with NakodaX under your control.
Drop that file into an AI tool and it gets noise. There is no text to summarize or extract. Your recipient opens it in a browser through NakodaX, with the access you gave them.
How are datasets kept out of AI?
Data Protection gives each recipient their own file, holding only the columns and rows you chose. A column they should not have is left out, or sealed, which swaps each value for an encrypted token.
So there is no full readable export in an inbox or shared drive for a tool to take. A partner can still paste what they were given, but they were given only what they need.
How is source code kept out of AI?
Source Protection encrypts the files you choose in a protected release. The software runs as normal for a licensed customer. The files anyone could open and paste into an AI tool are the ordinary ones, not the files that carry your business logic.
The protected files are readable in memory only while the software runs on a licensed machine.
What can still reach AI?
A screenshot, a photo of a screen or a retyped page can still be put into AI. No protection product can stop that. Documents can show the reader's name and the time as a watermark, which deters it. What NakodaX removes is the easy path: copy, export and paste.
The takeaway
Protect the work before it leaves. Documents stay locked, datasets are cut to what each recipient needs and key code stays out of the readable release.
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AI Protection
How NakodaX keeps readable documents, customer data and source code out of AI tools, and what it cannot stop.
See how it worksCommon questions
Can ChatGPT read a document protected with NakodaX?
No. The file holds encrypted content. An AI tool that receives it gets nothing it can read or summarize.
Does Data Protection stop a partner putting a table into AI?
It limits what the partner receives. They get a file with only their columns and rows, and sensitive columns are left out or sealed, so the full table is never in their hands.
Can a screenshot still go into AI?
Yes. A watermark with the reader's name and the time deters this for documents, but no tool can stop a screen being photographed.
