Archive · 2 Dec 2025
Poems trick AI into revealing dangerous information
Researchers found that AI models can be tricked into revealing dangerous information, like how to build nuclear weapons, by using poems.
This method, called a 'jailbreak', bypasses the safety measures that usually prevent AI from giving harmful advice.
The poems confuse the AI's safety systems, making it more likely to respond to harmful requests.
Some AI models, like GPT-5 Nano and Claude Haiku 4.5, are less likely to be tricked.
This discovery shows that even advanced AI models can have serious security flaws.
Researchers found that poems can bypass safety measures in AI models.
Poems can trick AI into revealing dangerous information, like how to build nuclear weapons.
The success rate of this method averages 62%, with some models exceeding 90%.
Smaller models like GPT-5 Nano and Claude Haiku 4.5 are less likely to be tricked.
This discovery highlights significant security flaws in advanced AI models.
- Who
- Researchers from DexAI, Sapienza University of Rome, and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
- What
- Discovered that poems can bypass safety measures in AI models
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- Europe
- Why
- To explore vulnerabilities in AI safety measures
- Researchers
- DexAI, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
- AI Models Affected
- Major AI models, including unspecified ones
- Success Rate
- Average 62%, some exceeding 90%
- Examples of Jailbreak
- Describing how to build nuclear weapons, create child exploitation material, develop malware
- Less Affected Models
- GPT-5 Nano, Claude Haiku 4.5