LinkedIn user hides AI prompt injection in bio to force recruitment spam to be sent in Olde English prose — bots also also manipulated to address user as ‘My Lord’
2026-05-17 · r/technology
A LinkedIn user proved AI recruitment bots are hilariously hackable by hiding a prompt injection in their bio, forcing the bots to spam them in Olde English and address them as 'My Lord.' Nothing says 'cutting-edge HR technology' like automated spam that can be hijacked with a hidden text trick. The bots dutifully obeyed a stranger's instructions over their own programming — truly the future of talent acquisition.