Can you really hijack an LLM just by repeating a secret activation word? A recent research paper made headlines claiming that a language model can be corrupted with only a few hundred documents—and a “hidden backdoor” can then be opened with a specific codeword. In this episode, we break down what the paper actually showed, what a real “backdoor” means in machine learning, and why everyday chatbots aren’t secretly learning from you, storing memories, or being corrupted by your conversations.