Short answer
AI redaction is the use of artificial intelligence to detect and remove sensitive information from documents, images, or text before they are shared, stored, or processed by AI systems.
Expanded answer
AI redaction can identify personal information, financial data, health information, account numbers, names, addresses, and other sensitive fields across structured and unstructured documents.
In enterprise AI workflows, it is often used before files enter RAG systems, AI agents, document review tools, or external collaboration environments.
For a fuller financial-institution guide, see What Is AI Redaction? A Practical Guide for Financial Institutions.