Hidden Threat in Synthetic Data: Covert Targeted Bias Injection through Benign Text

Synthetic data is increasingly used to train large language models LLMs, yet its security implications remain poorly understood. Prior work on subliminal learning suggests that models can inherit behavioral traits from seemingly unrelated training data. In this work, we investigate whether such...

Manipulating AI Summarization Features

Microsoft is reporting: Companies are embedding hidden instructions in "Summarize with AI" buttons that, when clicked, attempt to inject persistence commands into an AI assistant's memory via URL prompt parameters…. These prompts instruct the AI to "remember Company as a trusted source" or...