This Is How Your LLM Gets Compromised


Plainly speaking, Artificial intelligence is no longer a fringe technology. It has become a core component of modern business, from customer service chatbots to complex data analysis.

We often treat the Large Language Models (LLMs) that are at the core of this technology as trusted black boxes. But like any software, they can be tampered with, manipulated, and turned against their creators. Understanding the ways an AI model can be compromised is the first step toward building a secure and resilient AI infrastructure. There are three primary ways that the authors want to cover, in which they will explain how an AI model can be compromised and made to act in unpredictable (or malicious!) ways:

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Source: Trend Micro


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