I ran 356 prompt-injection trials. The workspace changed what ‘safe’ looked like
Summary
The author conducted 356 prompt-injection trials across six models and three harnesses, revealing that workspace elements can enable attacks that otherwise fail, and shares the benchmark for evaluating AI safety.
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