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ChatGPT Gets Stuck in a Loop Because Someone Whispered Sweet Nothings Into a Plugin

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Your chatbot can be talked into an infinite loop by a webpage. The bill, for once, is probably OpenAI's problem.

What happened

A security researcher found that an indirect prompt injection can make ChatGPT call a tool or plugin recursively, causing it to loop. The researcher observed a limit of about 10 calls per conversation turn, and warned that backend apps consuming untrusted data could face high costs or denial of service.

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