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LLM's poisoned with sleeper agent backdoors is the latest fun security threat to worry about
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2026
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First shame on OP for clickbaiting. Original title is just: Three clues that your LLM may be poisoned with a sleeper-agent back door
But:
WTF, why discredit your own article right at the beginning? Such a weird line.
That's The Register for you. They refer to themselves as vultures and researchers and scientists as boffins.
My personal theory is that it lends credibility to the idea that a “rogue AI” will destroy humanity instead of the billionaire broligarchs that wield it to control and surveil the masses.
Are you familiar with the term 'tongue in cheek'? Or 'hyperbole'? Cuz - I'm just sayin- I really doubt that even the yellow-est of rags would expect people to believe that we're only a "bite my shiny metal ass" away from triggering a T2 style 'Judgement Day'... I'd say it's simply far more likely they were simply being facetious.
Now if it was NewsMax, on the other hand...
Yeah, i'm familiar with the concept of humor. No worries.
Never heard of him
If so, that only makes your comment all the more puzzling, honestly
... I'm sorry, but what in the actual incoherence is that even supposed to mean?
Its "The Register".
Also there are three clues but it just explains the process a bit? Very strange article indeed.
kinda feels like they forgot to add '/s'