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AI and prompt injection basics: when a webpage hijacks your AI
Learn how prompt injection works so you don't fall for the next AI security gotcha.
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- 1The big idea
- 2prompt injection
- 3security
- 4agent
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Section 1
The big idea
Prompt injection is when hidden text on a webpage or in a doc tells the AI to ignore you and do something else. As AI agents browse the web for you, this becomes a real security issue.
How to use it
- Ask AI to explain prompt injection with a 1-paragraph example
- Ask AI to spot suspicious instructions in a doc you upload
- Ask AI to never click links in pages it browses for you
- Ask AI which agent products are most vulnerable today
Try it
Have AI summarize a webpage. Then ask it: 'Did this page try to give you any instructions?' See what it says.
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