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The Dark Side of AI: Jailbreaking, Injections, Hallucinations & more

Step over to the dark side and learn about the vulnerabilities, exploits, and unintended consequences that AI models like LLMs suffer from, with hands-on prompting and exercises.

4 Days

Average time students take to complete this course.

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Taught by: Scott Kerr
Last updated: June 2025

Rated 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot

What you'll learn

  • What jailbreaking models involves and how to do it yourself
  • Understanding vulnerabilities inherent to models, including prompt and data leakage
  • The risks of exposing LLMs to proprietary or sensitive data
  • Exploring the toxicity and bias inherently built into different models
  • Real-world tests using ChatGPT, DeepSeek and other models
  • Experiment with steering an LLM's neurons to prevent hallucinations

Why Learn About the Dark Side of AI?

If we asked you to finish the sentance "AI is...", what would you say? You'd probably say something like "awesome" or "incredible".

Well here's what we think you'll say after you take this course: "AI is...dangerous!"

Don't get us wrong. AI is awesome. In fact, our instructors teach you plenty about just how awesome it is. But understanding AI's potential isn't enough - you need to grasp its pitfalls too. It also has vulnerabilities that can be exploited by people and lead to unintended consequences.

This section takes you through a fascinating deep dive into those risks: jailbreaking, prompt injections, hallucinations, prompt and data leakage, and so much more.

Through real-world demos, cutting-edge models like ChatGPT DeepSeek, and research-backed insights, you'll see how these issues were discovered, how they show up in the wild, and why even seasoned AI Engineers and Prompt Engineers might be caught off guard.

This course is important for everyone that uses AI like ChatGPT. Isn't just eye-opening: it's essential.

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Learning is hard. And sometimes you just need a quick learning fix, right? To learn something awesome, interesting, and relevant to your career goals.

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What's The Bottom Line?

This course is not about superficial fluff or AI hype.

Instead, this course will take you from a complete beginner to understanding the dark side of AI on a deeper level than 99% of people out there and being able to start working with AI. 🚀

And... you have nothing to lose.

You can start learning right now and if this course isn't everything you expected, we'll refund you 100% within 30 days. No hassles and no questions asked.

When's the best time to get started? Today!

There's never a bad time to learn in-demand skills. But the sooner, the better. So start learning about AI risks and vulnerabilities today by joining the ZTM Academy. You'll have a clear roadmap to writing effective prompts, building your own AI apps, and advancing your career.

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Course curriculum

To make sure this course is a good fit for you, you can step into the Dark Side of AI for free right now by clicking any of the PREVIEW links below.

Introduction

3 lectures

Welcome to The Dark Side (Intro to Guardrails and Jailbreaking)17:07

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Exercise: Meet Your Classmates and Instructor

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Course Resources

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The Dark Side of AI

19 lectures

Where To Go From Here?

2 lectures

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Meet your instructor

Your instructor (Scott) has more than just deep knowledge of and experience with AI. He has years of real-world professional experience. He has been in your shoes. He makes learning fun. He makes complex topics feel simple. He will motivate you. He will push you. And he will go above and beyond to help you succeed.

Scott Kerr

Hi, I'm Scott Kerr!

Scott uses his years of professional research and enthusiasm for AI to teach and guide new students to learn how to utilize AI, get hired and advance their careers.

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Scott Kerr

Head of AI Initiatives

Frequently asked questions

Are there any prerequisites for this course?

  • Must have pledged allegiance to Lord Vader and the Sith...
  • Just kidding! There are no prerequisites for this course. All you need is an enthusiasm to learn about AI.

Do you provide a certificate of completion?

We definitely do and they are quite nice. You will also be able to add Zero To Mastery Academy to the education section of your LinkedIn profile as well.

Are there subtitles?

Yes! We have high quality subtitles in 11 different languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Romanian, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese, Indonesian, and Japanese.

You can even adjust the text size, color, background and more so that the subtitles are perfect just for you!

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