--- title: Prompt injection and jailbreaking are not the same thing description: Prompt injection and jailbreaking are two different types of attacks with different implications and risks. Prompt injection is a class of attacks against... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/prompt-injection-and-jailbreaking-are-not-the-same-thing-eyqu6szwe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Prompt injection and jailbreaking are not the same thing | daily.dev og:description: Prompt injection and jailbreaking are two different types of attacks with different implications and risks. Prompt injection is a class of attacks against... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/prompt-injection-and-jailbreaking-are-not-the-same-thing-eyqu6szwe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EyQU6sZWe.png og:image:alt: Prompt injection and jailbreaking are not the same thing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Prompt injection and jailbreaking are not the same thing **[Simon Willison](https://daily.dev/sources/simonwillison)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Prompt injection and jailbreaking are two different types of attacks with different implications and risks. Prompt injection is a class of attacks against applications built on Large Language Models (LLMs) that involve concatenating untrusted user input with a trusted prompt. Jailbreaking, on the other hand, is a class of attacks that attempt to subvert safety filters built into LLMs themselves. The risks of prompt injection are more serious as they target applications built on the models and can lead to unauthorized access to confidential data and privileged tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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