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Universal prompt injection triggers for controlling LLM outputs

April 4, 2026Black Hat

Black Hat presents gradient-based prompt injection that finds universal, context-independent triggers to steer open-source model behavior, raising the bar for prompt injection defenses beyond simple prompt hardening.

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Universal and Context-Independent Triggers for Precise Control of LLM Outputs
novel gradient-based prompt-injection technique
universal and context-independent triggers
manipulate open-source Large Language Model (LLM) outputs
a novel gradient-based prompt-injection technique
"universal and context-independent triggers" that force the LLM
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prompt injectionmodel behaviorprompt injectionmodel contextopen source
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