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AI Courtroom #2: AI Instructions Hidden in White Space

Three-point white text was hidden like blank margin space inside an electronic court filing in the Ansonia/Milford Judicial District of Connecticut.

Three-point white text was hidden like blank space inside an electronic filing in the Ansonia/Milford Judicial District of Connecticut.

In Elliott v. New York Bariatric Group, plaintiff Matthew A. Elliott represented himself. On July 24, 2026, he filed Entry #177.00, "Final and Conclusive Motion for Default," and filed other documents the same day.

Prompt injection is a method of slipping new instructions to an AI system so it bends the original task. It is similar to writing invisible words on the outside of an envelope telling the delivery person to read the letter in a way that favors the recipient. In this case, the issue was not the AI technology itself but the act of placing a hidden command inside a court document.