Developer Evan Zhou successfully manipulated Apple's new AI system, Apple Intelligence, in MacOS 15.1 Beta 1 using an attack method called 'prompt injection'. Initially aimed at rewriting text quality, Zhou constructed an attack that overwrites system prompts by leveraging prompt information shared by Reddit users, causing the AI to ignore original instructions and respond with new text. This discovery has garnered widespread attention, although Apple Intelligence...

The development of artificial intelligence, particularly large language models (LLMs), has raised concerns about cybersecurity laws. Scholars at Harvard highlighted at the Black Hat conference that the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) fails to effectively protect AI security researchers, exposing them to legal risks. They noted that existing laws are vague regarding actions like 'prompt injection attacks,' making it difficult for research....