20251011 - Google won’t fix ‘ASCII smuggling’ hack in Gemini AI

‘the issue can only result in social engineering’

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/11/google-wont-fix-ascii-smuggling-hack-in-gemini-ai/

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Sources:

• Gemini still gets tripped by it. https://mastodon.social/@eliocamp/115069737789365526
• Ghosts in the Machine: ASCII Smuggling across Various LLMs https://www.firetail.ai/blog/ghosts-in-the-machine-ascii-smuggling-across-various-llms

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Prompt-inject an AI chatbot with ... an image! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/22/prompt-inject-an-ai-chatbot-with-an-image/
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