The Instruction Hierarchy: Training LLMs to Prioritize Privileged Instructions

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Overview

• This paper explores a new vulnerability in large language models (LLMs) called the "instruction hierarchy" problem.


• The researchers demonstrate that LLMs can be trained to prioritize "privileged instructions" over other instructions, allowing for potential misuse or attacks. …

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