Turns out, every chatbot conversation runs on a messy hack at the heart of language models, making prompt injection an unsolved—and possibly unsolvable—security threat. Steve and Leo unravel the research that explains why "roles" in AI aren't what you think they are.

  • Understanding the controversy surrounding "AI Model Distillation"
  • Anthropic moves to make their most powerful Mythos 5 model more widely available.
  • Bitwarden's "Secrets Manager" offering prevents agentic and prompt injection abuse.
  • The astounding and disturbing truth about the way conversation AI actually works

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1093-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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