AI Security Basics Every Developer Should Know

Adding AI to a product adds new ways for things to go wrong. Most of them are avoidable with a few habits.

Prompt Injection

Text from users, web pages or documents can contain instructions that hijack the model. Treat all external text as untrusted and never let it trigger sensitive actions unchecked.

Protect Data and Keys

Keep API keys on the server, avoid sending personal data you do not need and log carefully.

Limit What the Model Can Do

Give agents the smallest set of permissions they need and require a human approval for risky steps.