GPT-5 has a hidden system prompt 21 hours ago (simonwillison.net) 2 comments gronky_ Reply Add to library slacktivism123 21 hours ago Of course it does. Do you really think you have full control over API output? Do you really think "the system prompt you can specify in an API call" is the system prompt and not the developer instructions prompt? suspended_state 20 hours ago I think the definitive point is that it should be documented. Security through obscurity all by itself isn't security.
slacktivism123 21 hours ago Of course it does. Do you really think you have full control over API output? Do you really think "the system prompt you can specify in an API call" is the system prompt and not the developer instructions prompt? suspended_state 20 hours ago I think the definitive point is that it should be documented. Security through obscurity all by itself isn't security.
suspended_state 20 hours ago I think the definitive point is that it should be documented. Security through obscurity all by itself isn't security.
Of course it does. Do you really think you have full control over API output? Do you really think "the system prompt you can specify in an API call" is the system prompt and not the developer instructions prompt?
I think the definitive point is that it should be documented. Security through obscurity all by itself isn't security.