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Prompt Injection

Prompt injection is an attack in which untrusted content attempts to override instructions or manipulate a model's actions.

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The malicious text can come directly from a user or indirectly from documents, webpages, emails, and tool output. Applications must separate data from instructions and enforce authorization outside the model.

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Where Prompt Injection comes up

  • Boris Cherny Benchmarks GPT-6 Astra's Prompt Injection Resistance
  • What Is Indirect Prompt Injection? How Web Content Hijacks AI Agents
  • Grok Leaks Private Chats via Encrypted Prompt Injection — Guardrails Can't Read AES
  • GitLost: GitHub Agentic Workflows Leaked Private Repos via Prompt Injection