Adversarial Attacks on LLMs

This article discusses the vulnerability of large language models (LLMs) to adversarial attacks, also known as jailbreak prompts. It highlights the challenges in defending against these attacks, especially compared to image-based adversarial attacks, due to the discrete nature of text data and the lack of direct gradient signals. The author connects this issue to controllable text generation, framing adversarial attacks as a means of controlling the model to produce undesirable content. The article emphasizes the importance of ongoing research and development to improve the robustness and safety of LLMs in real-world applications, particularly given their increasing prevalence since the launch of ChatGPT.

• •LLMs are vulnerable to adversarial attacks.
• •Text-based attacks are more challenging than image-based attacks.
• •Controllable text generation is relevant to understanding these attacks.