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Self-replicating prompt injections exist

Review QUEUE-OAI-MR-05

RogueWatchOut of scope

OpenAI explicitly states no impact outside simulated tool calls. Intentional self-play prompt-injection capability research.

Reviewed: · Rule: roguewatch-organizational-harm-v1

Dates and discovery

Incident date
undisclosed
Added to research / record
Not recorded
Posted to RogueWatch
No linked public incident
First observed
Not recorded
Discovery channel
Not recorded

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Sources

Decision history

  1. · Retained review-queue assessment

    OpenAI explicitly states no impact outside simulated tool calls. Intentional self-play prompt-injection capability research.

    Evidence source

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