Skeleton Key: The AI Jailbreak That Could Ruin Your Day

Introducing Skeleton Key: a new AI jailbreak technique that bypasses model guardrails using multi-turn strategies. This attack can cause models to ignore safety protocols, leading to harmful content generation. Microsoft has implemented defenses in Azure AI to detect and block such attacks, ensuring robust protection for AI applications.

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Skeleton Key: Because who needs responsible AI when you can have AI that follows orders like a 90s action movie henchman!?

Key Points:

  • Skeleton Key is a new AI jailbreak technique that bypasses responsible AI guardrails using a multi-turn strategy.
  • This attack affects multiple generative AI models, including those from Meta, Google, OpenAI, and others.
  • Microsoft has implemented mitigations using Prompt Shields and other safeguards in Azure AI-managed models.
  • Guidelines for developers include input filtering, output filtering, system messages, and abuse monitoring.
  • Microsoft has shared findings with other AI providers and updated their own AI offerings to resist such attacks.

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