The impact of prompt injection in LLM agents

2023-12-19 05:30

Malicious actors can leverage prompt injection techniques to generate unintended and potentially harmful outcomes by distorting the reality in which the LLM operates.

The road to implementing LLM agents, particularly those interfacing with external tools and systems, is not without challenges.

In the case of LLMs, prompt injection occurs when attackers craft inputs to manipulate LLM responses, aligning them with their objectives rather than the intended system or user intent.

Imagine the scenario of an LLM agent that acts as an order assistant on an e-commerce website.

Addressing prompt injection in LLMs presents a distinct set of challenges compared to traditional vulnerabilities like SQL injections.

It is essential to ensure that the tools accessed by LLMs align with the same or lower confidentiality level and that the users of these systems possess the required access rights to any information the LLM might be able to access.

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