Level 5: AI / LLM systems · L5.6 Evals & guardrails
Prompt injection
Explain direct and indirect injection and why it's hard to fix.
12 min · Pro
What you take away
- Instructions and data reach the model through the same channel with no privileged band, so there is no parameterised prompt the way there is a parameterised query.
And 3 more inside the class, in Pro.
How the class is laid out
- The problem
- A fake road sign on the route
- Why this is not a prompt-engineering problem
- Check your understanding