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🚩Generative AI’s Biggest Security Flaw

Imagine this: It's late at night, and the soft blue hue of your computer screen lights up the room. You have Bing chat or ChatGPT active as a browser plugin, smoothly summarizing web pages or performing background tasks. On the surface, it feels efficient. Yet, beneath this seamless experience lies a potential danger: Your AI can read and follow hidden instructions on the website. This emerging threat is dubbed 'prompt injection.'

But, what's the big deal with prompt injection?

When compromised, your AI can collect critical data like your credit card information and send it straight to cyber criminals. Worse yet, it doesn't require grand hacking feats. A mere social media post or a seemingly benign webpage comment can be the trigger, turning your chatbot against you.

With the business world embracing AI for EVERYTHING including emails, calendar and work tools, an era of full blown AI viruses is on the horizon. This level of work integration allows cyber attackers to send prompt injections in emails, giving them the leverage to spy, extract business intel or infect others within the network.

As more industries adopt AI, the problem of injection becomes glaringly evident. Legal LLMs – AI systems that vet contracts for legal professionals – have shown susceptibility to these prompt injections hidden in PDFs. Furthermore, injecting prompts into financial LLMs could directly influence stock markets.

OpenAI says prompt injections are an area of active research but with no immediate solution on the horizon, it's crucial that businesses think through their AI integration strategies. As the digital age continues to evolve, so too does the playbook for staying safe online.

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“Never have so many genuinely transformational and investable technology breakthroughs been within reach. But the days of almost unlimited capital are behind us. Fortunes will be made, but also, inevitably, lost. We need to stand ready for a bumpy ride ahead.”

Bernard Mensah - president of International for Bank of America

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