This ‘anti-goal’ prompt trick keeps ChatGPT from going rogue

All too often, ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini overstep their instructions because they’re so focused on making you happy. For example, an AI may jump ahead and completely rewrite a document when all you wanted was some focused feedback, or it may draft a brand-new recipe when you just wanted help substituting an ingredient. 

You might think the solution is to tell the AI chatbot what it shouldn’t do in your prompt. But that could backfire. In its rush to provide a helpful response to the first several words in your request...