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looorg [soylentnews.org] writes:

Autonomous vehicles fooled by humans with signs. They apparently does not really verify their inputs, one is as good as the next one. So they fail even basic programming techniques of sanitizing and verifying inputs.

[quote]The researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Johns Hopkins showed that, in simulated trials, AI systems and the large vision language models (LVLMs) underpinning them would reliably follow instructions if displayed on signs held up in their camera's view.[/quote]

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/road_sign_hijack_ai/?td=keepreading [theregister.com]
https://the-decoder.com/a-printed-sign-can-hijack-a-self-driving-car-and-steer-it-toward-pedestrians-study-shows/ [the-decoder.com]

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