alt Hacker NewsOne concern nobody likes to talk about is that this might not be a problem that is solvable even with more sophisticated intelligence - at least not through a self-contained capability. Arguably, the risk grows as the AI gets better.
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hakanderyal • yesterday at 9:19 PM
Solving this probably requires a new breakthrough or maybe even a new architecture. All the billions of dollars haven't solved it yet. Lethal trifecta [0] should be a required reading for AI usage in info critical spaces.
[0]: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta/
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> this might not be a problem that is solvable even with more sophisticated intelligence
At some level you're probably right. I see prompt injection more like phishing than "injection". And in that vein, people fall for phishing every day. Even highly trained people. And, rarely, even highly capable and credentialed security experts.