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Prompt Heist game teaches AI prompt injection defense

Prompt Heist is a browser-based game designed to teach players about prompt injection vulnerabilities in AI applications. Developed by Team StromBreaker, the game features 30 levels across five kingdoms, where players must use various conversational tactics to extract secret codes from AI guards powered by Gemma 4. The game explains the vulnerabilities exploited and how to defend against them, emphasizing that the game's backend, not the AI, determines wins to ensure fairness. AI

IMPACT Provides a hands-on method for developers to understand and mitigate prompt injection risks in AI applications.

RANK_REASON The item describes a game that uses an AI model, but the primary focus is on the game itself as a tool for learning about AI security, rather than a new AI model release or core AI research.

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Prompt Heist game teaches AI prompt injection defense

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Aditya S ·

    Prompt Heist: a game where you talk your way past Gemma-powered guards (and learn how to defend AI apps)

    <h2> What we built </h2> <p><em>Prompt Heist</em> is a browser game about prompt injection. You are the Cipher Phantom, and you talk your way past AI guards to learn their secret code. There are <em>5 kingdoms with 6 gates each, 30 levels in all. Every guard is a real language mo…