India, Aug. 19 -- Google, which has 1.8 billion Gmail users worldwide, recently issued a serious warning about a new kind of cybersecurity threat linked to advances in artificial intelligence, reported Men's Journal.

Google alerted everyone about a new type of cyberattack called "indirect prompt injections."

This threat affects not just people but also businesses and governments. In a detailed blog post, Google explained the danger, "With the rapid adoption of generative AI, a new wave of threats is emerging across the industry with the aim of manipulating the AI systems themselves. One such emerging attack vector is indirect prompt injections."

The difference with this attack is that instead of directly putting harmful commands into t...