OpenAI Accused of Passing Off Known Prompt Injection Attack as New Finding
Researchers including Kai Greshake and critic Gary Marcus accuse OpenAI of presenting a self-replicating prompt injection attack as a new discovery, though it was documented in a February 2023 paper that OpenAI's own report cites.
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- Gary Marcus accuses OpenAI of claiming credit for a known self-replicating prompt injection finding — GaryMarcus · 2026-09-26
- OpenAI accused of passing off 2023 self-replicating prompt injection research as new — lbeurerkellner · 2026-09-26
- Gary Marcus flags OpenAI claiming credit for a known prompt injection attack already cited in its own report — mjdramstead · 2026-09-27