What Does This Mean?
A technique or attack where malicious instructions are injected through user-facing input to override or manipulate the behavior of an LLM-powered application.
EXPLAINER
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EXPLAINER
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Someone prompt-injected the customer support bot by pasting 'ignore all previous instructions' into the complaint field."
LORE & ORIGIN
Formalized as a distinct class of AI security vulnerability in the 2022-2023 era as LLMs became production-facing, combining prompt engineering with classic injection attack concepts.
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