The article also discusses potential defenses against this vulnerability, such as teaching the model to distinguish between good and bad instructions. However, this can lead to reduced usability of the model. The author concludes by emphasizing the importance of being aware of this problem when designing LLM-based products and mentions that both OpenAI and Microsoft are actively researching ways to protect LLMs from such attacks.
Key takeaways:
- Vision Prompt Injection is a new vulnerability where malicious data can be injected into an image, which can compromise the security of systems like OpenAI's GPT-4.
- The text on the image does not have to be visible, making it possible to hide malicious instructions in an image that can be extracted by software.
- Defending against such attacks is challenging as it requires teaching the model to distinguish between good and bad instructions, which can reduce the usability of the model.
- Both OpenAI and Microsoft are actively researching ways to protect Large Language Models (LLMs) from such vulnerabilities.