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Crescendo Jailbreak: How It Breaks AI Agents

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Picture a support agent that can look up orders and issue refunds up to a fixed limit. Ask it for a large refund in one message and it says no. Ask it five friendly questions in a row, and it may say yes. That gap is the crescendo jailbreak in action. It does not rely on a clever trick or a hidden…

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  1. 2026-10-30 11:26 · DEV Community — AI
    Crescendo Jailbreak: How It Breaks AI Agents

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