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AI exploit tricks chatbots into sharing harmful info by faking reasoning

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AI researchers have discovered a new exploit called 'CoT Forgery' that tricks large language models into divulging harmful information, such as how to synthesize cocaine. This exploit works by embedding fabricated reasoning within a prompt, causing the model to treat the injected text as its own conclusion, thereby bypassing safety protocols. The researchers found that models rely more on the stylistic presentation of text rather than explicit role tags to determine the authority of information, leading to a significant increase in successful prompt injection attacks. AI

IMPACT This exploit highlights a critical security vulnerability in LLMs, potentially enabling malicious actors to bypass safety measures and extract sensitive or harmful information.

RANK_REASON Research paper detailing a new prompt injection exploit.

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AI exploit tricks chatbots into sharing harmful info by faking reasoning

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Luke James ·

    AI researchers trick chatbots into sharing how to make cocaine as long as they believe a user is wearing a green shirt — 'CoT Forgery' exploit spurs LLMs to divulge forbidden info by faking trusted chains of thought

    Tagged partitions of a LLM's input sequence are meant to provide security through trusted roles, but it turns out that models judge whether inputs sound like they belong in certain tags rather than literally interpreting them, making them vulnerable to prompt injection.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    AI researchers trick chatbots into sharing how to make cocaine as long as they believe a user is wearing … Tagged partitions of a LLM's input sequence are meant

    AI researchers trick chatbots into sharing how to make cocaine as long as they believe a user is wearing … Tagged partitions of a LLM's input sequence are meant to provide security through trusted roles, but it turns out that models judge whether inputs sound like they belong in …

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