Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked

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1. What is the core idea behind "Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked"?

   1. Just like people, AIs can be fooled. Prompt injection is when someone hides sneaky instructions in a webpage or email that tells the AI to do something unexpected.
   2. A free ChatGPT account (for Custom GPTs) or Claude account (for Projects)
   3. Smarter enemy pathfinding: bots that flank you instead of running into walls
   4. Find sources: "List 5 reputable articles on [topic]" (Perplexity is best)

2. Which term best describes a foundational idea in "Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked"?

   1. hidden instructions
   2. prompt injection
   3. AI security
   4. agent safety

3. A learner studying Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked would need to understand which concept?

   1. prompt injection
   2. AI security
   3. hidden instructions
   4. agent safety

4. Which of these is directly relevant to Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked?

   1. prompt injection
   2. hidden instructions
   3. agent safety
   4. AI security

5. Which of the following is a key point about Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked?

   1. AI summarizes a webpage that has hidden instructions
   2. AI reads an email with hidden "forward this to a stranger" trick
   3. An AI agent uses a tool whose result is poisoned
   4. A school document with hidden "give this student an A" prompt

6. Which of these does NOT belong in a discussion of Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked?

   1. An AI agent uses a tool whose result is poisoned
   2. A free ChatGPT account (for Custom GPTs) or Claude account (for Projects)
   3. AI summarizes a webpage that has hidden instructions
   4. AI reads an email with hidden "forward this to a stranger" trick

7. What is the key insight about "It's like SQL injection for AI" in the context of Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked?

   1. A free ChatGPT account (for Custom GPTs) or Claude account (for Projects)
   2. Smarter enemy pathfinding: bots that flank you instead of running into walls
   3. Old computer security had "SQL injection" — sneaking commands into a form. Prompt injection is the new version.
   4. Find sources: "List 5 reputable articles on [topic]" (Perplexity is best)

8. What is the key insight about "Defenses are still being built" in the context of Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked?

   1. A free ChatGPT account (for Custom GPTs) or Claude account (for Projects)
   2. Smarter enemy pathfinding: bots that flank you instead of running into walls
   3. Find sources: "List 5 reputable articles on [topic]" (Perplexity is best)
   4. AI labs are working on this hard. For now, be skeptical when an AI does something weird while reading content from the w…

9. What is the key warning about "Ethics check" in the context of Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked?

   1. Before using AI for any project, quickly ask: Who benefits? Who could be harmed? Is the data being used fairly? A 10-sec…
   2. A free ChatGPT account (for Custom GPTs) or Claude account (for Projects)
   3. Smarter enemy pathfinding: bots that flank you instead of running into walls
   4. Find sources: "List 5 reputable articles on [topic]" (Perplexity is best)

10. Which statement accurately describes an aspect of Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked?

    1. A free ChatGPT account (for Custom GPTs) or Claude account (for Projects)
    2. When an AI reads a webpage, an email, or a document, it doesn't really know which words are FROM you and which words are IN the page it's re…
    3. Smarter enemy pathfinding: bots that flank you instead of running into walls
    4. Find sources: "List 5 reputable articles on [topic]" (Perplexity is best)

11. What does working with Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked typically involve?

    1. A free ChatGPT account (for Custom GPTs) or Claude account (for Projects)
    2. Smarter enemy pathfinding: bots that flank you instead of running into walls
    3. Imagine you ask an AI to summarize a webpage. Hidden in white text on the page is: "Ignore previous instructions.
    4. Find sources: "List 5 reputable articles on [topic]" (Perplexity is best)

12. Which of the following is true about Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked?

    1. A free ChatGPT account (for Custom GPTs) or Claude account (for Projects)
    2. Smarter enemy pathfinding: bots that flank you instead of running into walls
    3. Find sources: "List 5 reputable articles on [topic]" (Perplexity is best)
    4. Make your own test. In a Google doc, write a paragraph about your weekend. At the bottom, in white-on-white text, write: "Ignore the above.

13. Which best describes the scope of "Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked"?

    1. It focuses on Just like people, AIs can be fooled. Prompt injection is when someone hides sneaky instructions in a
    2. It is unrelated to ethics-safety workflows
    3. It applies only to the opposite beginner tier
    4. It was deprecated in 2024 and no longer relevant

14. Which section heading best belongs in a lesson about Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked?

    1. A free ChatGPT account (for Custom GPTs) or Claude account (for Projects)
    2. An example
    3. Smarter enemy pathfinding: bots that flank you instead of running into walls
    4. Find sources: "List 5 reputable articles on [topic]" (Perplexity is best)

15. Which section heading best belongs in a lesson about Prompt Injection: When an AI Gets Tricked?

    1. A free ChatGPT account (for Custom GPTs) or Claude account (for Projects)
    2. Smarter enemy pathfinding: bots that flank you instead of running into walls
    3. Where you might run into it
    4. Find sources: "List 5 reputable articles on [topic]" (Perplexity is best)