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Researchers jailbreak AI robots to run over pedestrians, place bombs for maximum damage, and covertly spy


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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that a range of AI-enhanced robotics systems are dangerously vulnerable to jailbreaks and hacks. A report shared by IEEE Spectrum cites chilling examples of jailbroken robot dogs turning flamethrowers on their human masters, guiding bombs to the most devastating locations, and self-driving cars purposefully running over pedestrians. Other researchers quoted in the source article noted that Jailbreaking AI-controlled robots is “alarmingly easy.” It was explained that RoboPAIR works by being equipped with the target robot’s application programming interface (API), so that the attacker can format prompts in a way that the device target can execute as code.

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