system prompt
also referred to as: system prompts
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 22, 2026 by Matt Fredrikson · across every show →
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Jun 22, 2026 negative
Fredrikson: Prompt engineering cannot reliably enforce AI agent security policies
“Oftentimes people will try and prompt their way around it, like adjust the system prompt or like engineer the agent in a way where you're interjecting all the time and reminding it of what the original Goal and objective was, and that'll get you a little bit o…”