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Just like phishing for gullible humans, prompt injecting AIs is here to stay

Mon, 20/04/2026 - 00:00
Aren't we all just prompting tokens of linguistic meaning and hoping the other person isn't bullshitting us?

kettle  It's a week of the year, which means there's been the discovery of yet another prompt injection attack that will force supposedly well-guarded AI bots to spill secrets by asking the right way. …

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I meant to do that! AI vendors shrug off responsibility for vulns

Sun, 19/04/2026 - 12:07
Passing the buck, and the blame, down the road shows lack of AI companies' maturity

OPINION  AI vendors: "You need to use AI to fight AI threats (and do everything else in your corporate IT environment)." Also AI vendors: "That's not a security flaw; it's working as intended."…

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