A beginner in AI security engineering shares their learning journey, starting with the prompt injection game Gandalf created by Lakera Ai. The author explains prompt injection as tricking an AI into ignoring its rules through clever wording, not traditional hacking. After playing Gandalf, which has seen millions of interactions, they built their own simplified prompt injection lab using Spring Boot and a local Llama 3.2 model via Ollama to understand defense mechanisms. AI
IMPACT Provides a beginner-friendly introduction to prompt injection vulnerabilities and practical methods for experimenting with AI security.
RANK_REASON The article is a personal account of learning about AI security, using a game as a tool, rather than announcing a new model, research, or significant industry event.
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