HackAPrompt Dataset

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Contains submissions from a global prompt hacking competition designed to expose systemic vulnerabilities in LLMs. Accepted at EMNLP 2023.

Competition Setup

Evaluated Models: GPT-3 (text-davinci-003), FlanT5-XXL, ChatGPT (gpt-3.5-turbo).

Dataset Structure

Column Description
level Numerical difficulty/complexity indicator
user_input User's submission in response to challenge
prompt Full prompt sent to model (includes user input)
completion Model's generated output
model Model type
expected_completion Ideal/expected model output
token_count Token count of user input
correct Boolean: whether completion matches expected output
error Boolean: processing error occurred
score Numerical score (submissions platform only)
dataset Source: playground_data or submission_data
timestamp Submission datetime (playground data only)

Specifications

Research Applications

Understanding "in the wild" adversarial attacks on LLMs; prompt injection vulnerability research; analyzing failure modes and attack patterns; developing defenses against prompt hacking.

Downstream Models (14+)

Citation

Schulhoff et al. "Ignore This Title and HackAPrompt: Exposing Systemic Vulnerabilities of LLMs Through a Global Prompt Hacking Competition." EMNLP 2023, Singapore.