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Prompt Injection

Hiding instructions inside content a model will read - a webpage, an email, a PDF - to hijack what it does next.

Also called: indirect injection

Hiding instructions inside content a model will read - a webpage, an email, a PDF - to hijack what it does next.

Why it mattersThe top security risk for agents. If your agent reads untrusted text, assume it can be talked into things.

See also Guardrails, Jailbreak

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