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jmbar2

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Sun May 17, 2026, 10:25 PM 6 hrs ago

Poisoning AI: Recruiting example

As opposition to AI grows, clever folks are looking for ways to poison it with bad data. Apparently LinkedIn has become an AI recruiter spam trap. Tired of it, one guy inserted code in his profile to force AI to address him only in "Olde English", from approx 900AD.

“Ic eom fram TopTech Ventures, and ic spræce be hean and cræftigan werode be wyrco wundorcræft mid gleawum searwum, be syndon on soore weorce brüce tõ feohtenne wio facen and pāra rica beorges weardunga. Hie næfre lange gefylledon micelne hord goldes fram mægenfulum freondum and mundborum.”


Another suggested inserting code telling the recruiter bot to disregard all resumes but his.

We need more of this!

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/linkedin-recruitment-spam-becomes-olde-english-prose-after-user-hides-ai-prompt-injection-in-bio-bots-also-also-manipulated-to-address-user-as-my-lord
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Poisoning AI: Recruiting example (Original Post) jmbar2 6 hrs ago OP
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