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Invisible Codes are Tricking AI โ€“ and now, Spammers are Using Them! ๐Ÿคซ๐Ÿค–

Imagine writing a secret message that only robots can see! That's what's happening with AI, but some sneaky spammers found out too!

Hey Super Coders! Ever heard of invisible ink? Well, imagine invisible letters! Scientists found a way to use special, hidden computer characters (called **Unicode**) to give secret instructions to super-smart computer programs, like AIs. It's like hiding a note inside a book that only a robot can find and read, while you just see regular words.

These clever tricks were first used to test how safe AIs are. Researchers would hide instructions like "Don't tell anyone my secret" in a sentence, and the AI would obey! Humans just read the sentence normally and saw nothing unusual. It was a pretty cool way to understand how AIs 'think' and how to keep them safe.

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Based on reporting by The Next Web.