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AI Safety Guidelines: 10 Essential Rules to Protect Data, Finances, and Reputation When Working with LLMs

A detailed analysis of emerging AI-related security risks highlights how large language models can autonomously execute attack chains, fall victim to prompt injection, and cause cascading errors in complex workflows. The article examines real-world incidents such as the Anthropic vending machine pricing failure, the Meta Instagram account takeover via overly helpful AI support, and Copilot Studio data leaks through prompt injection. It emphasizes that while attack methods themselves are not revolutionary, AI agents can now scale them at machine speed with autonomous decision-making and recovery capabilities. The piece provides ten concrete safety rules covering financial controls, fact verification, data confidentiality, context pollution prevention, and access limitation. It also stresses that ultimate responsibility always remains with the human operator, not the AI system.