Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case
A judge has identified what appears to be the first time a US plaintiff has attempted to hide text in court filings that only an artificial intelligence system can read in a bid to win a case. In a decision published last week, Connecticut judge Walter Spader Jr. confirmed that the hidden text had no impact in a case where a man alleged a healthcare provider was improperly withholding access to records. The court weighed his filing on the merits, Spader said, but nevertheless, the attempted atta
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A plaintiff in a court case attempted to hide text formatted as artificial intelligence prompts within his legal filings, making the text invisible to human readers while remaining readable to software. The hidden instructions were designed to direct any AI system reviewing the document to favor his arguments and ignore previous court denials. A judge found this to be the first known instance of prompt injection in a US court, ruled it a serious litigation abuse, and imposed sanctions including a ban on electronic filings, though courts do not currently use AI to decide cases in this jurisdiction.
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