Lawyer Sanctioned for Hiding AI Prompts in Court Filing
Source: Boing Boing
A Connecticut judge penalized an attorney for embedding hidden prompts in court documents to manipulate how opposing counsel and the court would process the filing. The tactic exploits a gap between human and machine interpretation—adversaries can weaponize AI reading to turn document formatting into a covert attack vector. As AI becomes routine in legal workflows, courts will need explicit rules against prompt manipulation, similar to existing sanctions for obfuscation and bad faith briefing.