Is your AI model secretly poisoned? 3 warning signs

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Model poisoning weaponizes AI via training data.
• "Sleeper agent" threats can lie dormant until a trigger is activated. 
• Behavioral signals can reveal that a model has been tampered with.

AI researchers have for years warned about model collapse, which is the degeneration of AI models after ingesting AI slop. The process effectively poisons a model with unverifiable information, but it's not to be confused with model poisoning, a serious security threat that Microsoft just published new research about. 

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While the stakes of model collapse are still significant -- reality and facts are worth preserving -- they pale in comparison to what model poisoning can lead to. Microsoft's new research cites three giveaways you can ...