Weaponizing Image Scaling Against Production AI Systems (opens in new tab)

AI vision systems see differently than humans do\. When platforms downscale uploads to save compute, the mathematical properties of interpolation algorithms create exploitable artifacts\. In this presentation, we'll show how to craft images which use invisible pixel perturbations to reveal malicious prompts after downscaling, triggering unauthorized tool execution across Google Gemini, Vertex AI, Google Assistant, and Genspark\. Beyond image downscaling, we'll explore the broader attack surfa...