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LinkedIn user hides AI prompt injection in bio to force recruitment spam to be sent in Olde English prose — bots also manipulated to address user as ‘My Lord’ (farside.link)
submitted 2 days ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1131742/linkedin-user-hides-ai-prompt-injection-in-bio-to-force-recruitment-spam-to-be-sent-in-o

I put a prompt injection into my LinkedIn bio and recruiters are messaging me in Old English and calling me Lord.

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[–] No1@aussie.zone 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We should all message him "Hey, I see your bio has lots of Old English from around 900AD, and I'm looking for someone to translate some old books. Can you help?"

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

What if he says "sure what have you got for me?"

I didn't think I'd get this far