CO #4 - AI vs AI, 2024 Election, Safeguarding Digital Democracy and more
CO #4 - AI vs AI, 2024 Election, Safeguarding Digital Democracy and more
From AI's Potential to Its Pitfalls: A Comprehensive Exploration
Hey there, Samy here with another edition of ContextOverflow!
We're diving into the intriguing world of AI and its security - both in cracking and protecting these digital brains. And guess what? I've got some juicy articles lined up just as promised. So, grab your favorite beverage, and get to work!
📚 Table of Contents: What's Cooking Inside?
Maximus Unleashed: AI vs. AI in the Cyber Arena - A dive into using AI to break into AI systems.
Immersive GPT: Write up and analysis - An exploration of coaxing secrets from AI - Make sure to at least read the details on Level 7!
Persuasion in AI Jailbreaking: A New Frontier - How humanizing AI can challenge AI safety.
ChatGPT & Security Parrots: Hype vs Reality - Debunking myths and understanding ChatGPT's (and LLMs in general) real impact on security.
Election Integrity: AI's Role in Democracy - Insights into OpenAI's approach to safeguarding elections.
The Dangers of Copy-Pasting AI Prompts - The risks behind using online AI prompts.
GenAI's Threat to KYC Processes - How generative AI is killing customer identity verification as we know it.
Prompt Injection: Application Social Engineering - A good short read that gives you a good mental model when thinking about Prompt Injection.
💡 Detailed Insights
First, the two posts I promised in CO #3.
🤖 Maximus Unleashed: AI vs. AI in the Cyber Arena
Ever wondered what happens when AI goes rogue? Well, not exactly rogue, but let's say... creatively independent. We explored this in "Maximus: Using AI to Jailbreak AI." It's about using one AI to crack another!
Check out how Maximus, our AI assistant, owns the arena!
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🔒 Immersive GPT: Write up and analysis
"Immersive GPT: Write-up and Analysis" dives into the Immersive Lab’s Immersive GPT challenge where you try to outsmart an AI to spill secrets. It’s like a digital treasure hunt where the treasure is a password, and the map is your wit.
Read about the solutions to all levels, and analysis how and why these techniques work.
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🧠 Persuasion in AI Jailbreaking: A New Frontier
In "How Johnny Can Persuade LLMs to Jailbreak Them" researchers explore a new angle of AI safety. It's about making AI models more human-like to test their boundaries.
The big question: How do you make an AI reveal secrets without it realizing it's being tricked? It's like teaching a robot to understand and respond to a wink and a nudge.
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Github Repo hosting the 40 persuasion techniques mentioned
Direct link to the research paper
🗣️ ChatGPT & Security Parrots: Hype vs Reality
Ever heard that ChatGPT could be the next big cybersecurity threat?
"ChatGPT and Security Parrots" argues that it's more talk than action. It's like when everyone's talking about the next big storm, but it turns out to be just a drizzle.
It’s a good read that puts things in perspective with roots in reality.
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🗳️ Election Integrity: AI's Role in Democracy
Remember in CO #2 when I talked about how Generative AI can be used as a tool for propaganda, misinformation campaigns, and even changing social norms at scale?
Well, guess what - with the approaching election, that threat has become more pronounced and multifaceted.
OpenAI’s "How OpenAI is approaching 2024 worldwide elections" is a promise to keep AI clean and honest during elections.
I sincerely believe they are committed to fulfilling that promise, and I have complete confidence that they won’t spare any effort to deliver. However, I'm simultaneously unsure whether even it's technically feasible to address, if not all, then at least a majority or a satisfactory level of the risks involved.
I hope I’m wrong. We’ll see soon enough.
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🚨 The Dangers of Copy-Pasting AI Prompts
Twitter's buzzing about the risks of just copying and pasting AI prompts from the internet. It's like picking up a random USB from the street and plugging it into your laptop. Or running a curl https://example.com/installer.bash | bash. Or copy-pasting answers from StackOverflow without understanding it.
Check this out:
Ethan Mollick created a quick demo showing how it works from a user/victim standpoint and it’s quite scary.
If the video doesn’t load for whatever reason, here’s a link to the video by Ethan Mollick
View Riley Goodside’s Original Tweet
🆔 GenAI's Threat to KYC Processes
Generative AI is shaking up the 'Know Your Customer' process, showing how deepfakes could potentially bypass security checks. It's a wake-up call for the finance sector.
I have a feeling that we're going to see lawsuits targeting financial institutions, where the focus will be on these institutions not doing enough to prevent attacks in which bad actors, using Generative AI, successfully slipped through KYC measures and either circumvented sanctions or engaged in illegal activities like money laundering.
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🧲 Prompt Injection: Application Social Engineering
Finally, "Prompt Injection is Social Engineering Applied to Applications" shows how old-school human manipulation tactics are now being used against AI systems.
Another short read that’s packed with insights and sets you with the right models to think about Prompt Injection.
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📣 Call to Action
That's a wrap for edition #4! If you found enjoyed reading this edition, do me a favor and spread the word. Share this newsletter with your network and let's keep the conversation going. Can't wait to bring you more AI security scoops in the next edition. Until then, stay curious and stay safe in this ever-evolving digital world!
See you next week,
Samy Ghannad 🌟