adversarial prompts

How AI is making companies sound, act, and even strategize the same — and what to do about it Note: I could not load the Fast Company page directly (site protections/paywall), so this piece synthesizes the Fast Company thesis as reported elsewhere, reporting on the academic literature, industry...

ChatGPT users around the world woke up to error messages and stalled replies as OpenAI’s flagship chatbot suffered a partial outage that left many unable to view responses in the web interface — an incident that again raises hard questions about reliability, vendor lock-in, and how to architect...

ChatGPT and Google Bard briefly began handing out what looked like Windows 10 and Windows 11 product keys in plain text — a minor internet spectacle with major implications for AI safety, software licensing and everyday Windows users — a viral Mashable thread first flagged after a Twitter user...

In a chilling reminder of the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between AI system developers and security researchers, recent revelations have exposed a new dimension of vulnerability in large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT—one that hinges not on sophisticated technical exploits, but on the clever...

Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized a host of modern applications, from AI-powered chatbots and productivity assistants to advanced content moderation engines. Beneath the convenience and intelligence lies a complex web of underlying mechanics—sometimes, vulnerabilities can surprise...

The swirl of generative AI’s rapid progress has become impossible to ignore. Its influence is already reshaping everything from healthcare diagnostics to movie scriptwriting, but recent headlines have illuminated not just breakthroughs, but also baffling claims, unexpected user habits, and...

As large language models move from academic curiosities to essential engines behind our chats, code editors, and business workflows, the stakes for their security could not be higher. Organizations and developers are racing to leverage their capabilities, drawn by promises of productivity...

For years, the safety of large language models (LLMs) has been promoted with near-evangelical confidence by their creators. Vendors such as OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Anthropic have pointed to advanced safety measures—including Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)—as...

AI agents are rapidly infiltrating every facet of our digital lives, from automating calendar invites and sifting through overflowing inboxes to managing security tasks across sprawling enterprise networks. But as these systems become more sophisticated and their adoption accelerates in the...

It’s not every day that the cybersecurity news cycle delivers a double whammy like the recently uncovered “Inception” jailbreak, a trick so deviously clever and widely effective it could make AI safety engineers want to crawl back into bed and pull the covers over their heads. Meet the Inception...