Plaintiff busted trying to use AI prompt injection to win court case, hides text instruction in filing — demands AI model reviewing the text should side with him, rumbled because of strange white spaces in text
A Connecticut plaintiff was caught hiding an AI prompt injection in a court filing to manipulate a decision, exposed by unusual white spaces in the text. The court now requires them to submit documents in printed form only.
A Connecticut plaintiff attempted to win their court case by hiding an AI prompt injection attack inside a legal filing, instructing any AI reviewing the text to rule in their favor. The scheme was exposed by unusual white spaces in the document. As a result, the court barred the self-represented litigant from submitting documents electronically; they must now print and hand-deliver all filings to the clerk.