Generative artificial intelligence, such as large language models (LLMs), faces security threats like prompt injections and data exfiltration.
The use of AI in cybersecurity to protect LLMs comes with costs, posing challenges to organizations.
LLMs powered chatbots are susceptible to novel attacks like prompt injections and data exfiltration, impacting security.
OpenAI faced a security breach when DeepSeek, a Chinese AI model, allegedly used distillation to train models by prompting ChatGPT.
AI vulnerabilities exploit the unpredictable nature of LLMs, posing risks of intellectual property theft and information exposure.
Cybersecurity experts emphasize the importance of securing the API used to access AI models to prevent exploitation.
Training an LLM creates a neural network without specific data access restrictions, making data protection challenging.
Companies are deploying AI-driven security solutions to analyze user prompts and model responses to detect malicious activities.
The use of security-tuned AI models for protection is part of an evolving defense strategy against AI vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity landscape.
However, the cost implications of using large AI models for security purposes make smaller models an alternative due to lower computational requirements.