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  • Researchers demonstrate that misleading text in the real-world environment can hijack the decision-making of embodied AI systems without hacking their software.
  • Self-driving cars, autonomous robots and drones, and other AI systems that use cameras may be vulnerable to these attacks.
  • The study presents the first academic exploration of environmental indirect prompt injection attacks against embodied AI systems.

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[-] lemmydripzdotz456@lemmy.world 107 points 5 days ago

An article about the dangers of AI starts off with an AI generated comic about the dangers of AI.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 21 points 5 days ago

Irony must not be their strong suite.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago
[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

That's how I read that as well.

[-] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

And it can't even get the colour of the drone or number of propellers it has consistent between two panels

[-] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 5 days ago

This whole article reminds me so much of the rogue AI sign found in Portal 2

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

They will just train an AI from Trump's brain so it can shrug these off like Wheatley

[-] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 21 points 5 days ago

the first academic exploration

I have read about it, years ago. And there are jokes about it that are many years old.

This one against speed cams, for example:

[-] psoul@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Bobby Tables grew up and bought a car?!

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 18 points 5 days ago

Could it really be as simpe as that? yes, according to the article. AI sucks so hard, who let it out of a laboratory?

[-] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

One time I saw a 30mph sign spray painted to say 88mph speed limit. Good thing it was before self driving cars of that would have been crazy.

[-] Kissaki@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

As long as it didn't say "minimum speed"

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

That is actually hilarious ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Misleading text in the physical world can hijack AI-enabled robots, cybersecurity study shows

Eh, yes? Hasn't that been like that since day 1?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

that use cameras

Make it embossed letters for all other types of sensors.

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