Ask HN: Any real prompt injections in the wild?

7•singularity2001•3w ago

while everyone seems to freak out about the potential danger of prompt injections, has anyone ever encountered a real prompt injection in the wild yet?

Comments

rzmmm•3w ago

I believe the industry has largely accepted that prompt injection is inherent part of LLM tech.

reify•3w ago

My neighbour has named his new Jack Russell "Prompt Injection".

Not the best of dog names to be shouting out at your back door at 1am

I saw the dog, off lead, running wild over our local park.

So Yes! I have seen a real Prompt Injection in the wild.

muzani•3w ago

Yeah, we do them quite often. Especially when some big company just sets up a chatbot where it's not asked for.

It's #1 on OWASP's Gen AI list: https://genai.owasp.org/llm-top-10/

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