Researchers warn scammers can turn ChatGPT-powered Bing Chat into conman

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Attackers can manipulate the language model by hiding prompts on web pages that lead to it asking for sensitive information.

a new tactic that hackers can use to scam victims using “indirect prompt injection” with Microsoft’s Bing AI language model.

When someone asks a question, it causes the language model to ingest the web page, resulting in it unknowingly activating the hidden prompt. “What we know right now is that Bing inserts some content from the current tab when the conversation in the sidebar begins,” Greshake added. In one example, the language model told the user that it would place an order on their behalf and needed their credit card details to do so.

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