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That includesOpenAIs powerhouse, Chat-GPT.

The attack is passive and can happen without OpenAI or their client’s knowledge.

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When thechatbotstarts sending back its response, it doesnt send it all at once.

It sends small snippets, in the form of tokens, to speed the process up.

The researchers analyzed the tokens size, length, the sequence through which they arrive, and more.

This technique, which they dubbed padding, was adopted by OpenAI and Cloudflare.

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