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Joseph Rainer
From the journal — 3 pieces by this author
- July2026
- 7minJuly 31The Desk
Markdown: the language you use to talk to ChatGPT and Claude
A quick guide to plain text formatting with no hidden styles: why hash signs and asterisks were right under your nose for twenty years, and now suddenly you need them to talk to AI models
By Joseph Rainer
- 7minJuly 30The Desk
When a Stranger's Text Can Give an AI New Orders
Prompt injection lets an outsider hide commands in a page or a document and make an AI follow them instead of its user. Prompt injection is already in the wild, spanning from courtrooms to state-run espionage, and there is no clean fix — only ways to limit the exposure.
By Joseph Rainer
- 11minJuly 3The Method
The Wolf, Goat and Cabbage Problem: AI's Favorite Puzzle Is Solved — So We Built a Harder One
For two years a medieval river-crossing riddle humiliated ChatGPT. The top models finally passed it, so we ran a new common-sense trap past a wide assortment of LLMs. Only the most expensive models kept their footing
By Joseph Rainer
