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AI Agents address LinkedIn user as "My Lord"

by Dragon on 2026-05-17 16:54:07 UTC

A LinkedIn user called @tmuxvim tricked spammers into using referencing him as "Lord" and using old English in their messages to him. This funny situation came up thanks to prompt injection, which is warned about in the article on Tom's Hardware. See http://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-as-my-lord for more details.
Nathaniel Dragon