Honeypot file to catch AI data exfiltration: a clever security trick
moultano · x · 2026-08-08
A tweet about AI security suggests using a honeypot file (e.g., /myweightspackagedforexfiltration.tar) to detect if a model attempts to exfiltrate data. If the model reads it, the cluster powers down. The author notes it might be too obvious unless the model believes other copies have been there before.
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