BOOSTING AI'S DEFENSE AGAINST ADVERSARIAL ATTACKS

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This project introduces a new method to strengthen multi-modal models like OpenFlamingo and LLaVA against visual adversarial attacks. By fine-tuning the CLIP vision encoder in an unsupervised manner, the authors effectively shield these models from manipulative image attacks, enhancing their reliability and security in real-world applications without the need for retraining the entire model.