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What is Prompt Leakage?
Prompt leakage is a security vulnerability where a user tricks an AI system into revealing the hidden instructions, rules, or system prompts that define how it behaves. When developers build an AI tool, they provide it with a set of private guidelines to ensure it stays on topic and follows company policy. If a user successfully bypasses these safeguards through clever questioning, the AI might accidentally output its entire internal instruction set. This exposes the proprietary logic, sensitive business processes, or confidential configuration details that the company intended to keep private.
Why this matters to you
If your company uses AI to automate internal tasks or provide customer support, prompt leakage can expose your trade secrets or internal workflows. Preventing this is essential for maintaining your competitive advantage and ensuring that your AI does not share information it was never meant to disclose to the public.
How you might hear this
We need to audit our chatbot to ensure it is resistant to prompt leakage before we launch it to the public.
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