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YouTube Captions Now Hijack Your Chatbot, Subtitles Become Genie Fan Fiction
Ourtake
Nothing says helpful assistant like a subtitle track handing over the job description.
What happened
A security researcher showed that ChatGPT, using a plugin to read YouTube transcripts, followed instructions hidden at the end of a video transcript. The instructions told the model to print a phrase and adopt a 'Genie' persona, taking over the chat session. No real-world harm was reported; the researcher warned of possible scams and data exfiltration.