MINJA sneak attack poisons AI models for other chatbot users

AI models with memory aim to enhance user interactions by recalling past engagements. However, this feature opens the door to manipulation.

This hasn’t been much of a problem for chatbots that rely on AI models because administrative access to the model’s backend infrastructure would be required in previously proposed threat scenarios.

However, researchers affiliated with Michigan State University and the University of Georgia in the US, and Singapore Management University, have devised an…