Heads Of Security: paper pinpoints and rewires attention heads behind prompt injections
jonasgeiping · x · 2026-10-31
A new paper, "Heads Of Security", proposes a prompt injection defense inspired by interpretability work on attention head specialization: the authors identify which attention heads are responsible for successful prompt injections and adjust their attention patterns to block them. The accompanying meme (a three-headed dragon where head 3 happily ignores previous instructions, getting bonked by a security doge) illustrates the per-head mitigation idea — an interp-driven new direction against injection attacks.
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