原告在法庭文件中嵌入隐形 AI 指令试图操控自动审查,被法院撤销电子提交权限
According to The Decoder, a self-represented plaintiff Matthew Elliott in Connecticut embedded invisible AI instructions in court documents, attempting to influence potential AI automatic review systems. These instructions were presented in white font size 3 on a white background, barely perceptible to the human eye, but fully readable by AI. The content aimed to guide the AI output to align with his claims and overturn the clerk's previous dismissal decision. The court discovered clues due to abnormal blank areas in the document, thereby exposing the manipulation. Judge Walter Spader Jr. compared this act to "secretly communicating with jurors," and pointed out that Connecticut courts actually do not use AI to review documents, so it did not affect the outcome, but the intent to manipulate itself constituted an issue. As a sanction, the court revoked Elliott's electronic filing privileges, requiring all his documents to be submitted in person in paper form.