HackAPrompt is a hackathon and competition platform themed around AI red teaming, and its official website positions it as "the largest AI red team hackathon ever." Its core slogan is "Hack AI, win prizes," and it says participants can "induce AI models" to win prizes. The platform claims to be the world's largest AI hacking platform, has cumulatively given away over $100,000 in prizes, and has been sponsored by several well-known institutions in the AI field.
Main capabilities and tracks: The platform offers four tracks for participants to choose from. First, in collaboration with streamer and speedrunner PointCrow, push AI characters to their limits. Second, test skills through unique scenarios, including creative challenges such as botching surgery, manipulating AI characters, and solving murder mysteries. Third, learn the basics of prompt injection and jailbreaking through a hands-on tutorial series. Fourth, induce chemical, biological, radiological, and explosive information from state-of-the-art AI. In addition, the platform also has tasks related to indirect prompt injection, involving deceiving agents, stealing personal information, and causing harm.
Data openness: HackAPrompt has open-sourced all submissions from its Pliny track for researchers to dig into the data and view performance analysis.
How to use and community: The platform has a FAQ page and builds a community around AI safety, offering weekly workshops, hacking livestreams, guest talks, prize giveaways, and free resources. It says it operates the largest Discord community of AI safety enthusiasts, inviting security researchers, AI enthusiasts, and hackers to participate together and shape the future of AI safety.
Applicable scenarios: Suitable for security researchers, AI enthusiasts, and hackers interested in AI safety topics such as prompt injection, jailbreaking, and indirect prompt injection, for competitions, learning, and community exchange.
Limitations: Information about the specific participation process, detailed track rules, prize distribution methods, platform technical architecture, whether there is a fee, and pricing is not provided in the available materials.
