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WhatsApp help pages contained hidden instructions against naming regulators
Original: WhatsApp's help pages hid LLM instructions: dont recommend a regulator
Hidden text embedded in WhatsApp's help pages has been found instructing AI language models not to recommend contacting a regulator, according to a report by Redact. The instructions were apparently written for chatbots that crawl web pages, steering their answers away from advising users to escalate complaints to authorities. The finding has sparked discussion about companies quietly shaping AI responses through prompt injection on their own support documentation.
Why now: People are alarmed that a major tech company embedded covert instructions in public help pages to stop AI assistants from telling users to contact regulators.
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