Researchers use ASCII art to elicit harmful responses from 5 major AI chatbots

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinMar 15, 2024, 8:17 pm336 ptsTop
Enlarge / Some ASCII art of our favorite visual cliche for a hacker. (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have discovered a new way to hack AI assistants that uses a surprisingly old-school method: ASCII art. It turns out that chat-based large language models such as GPT-4 get so distracted trying to process…

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