@nextpath.ai: Ya'el Courtney found tiny white text hidden inside an application for a lab technician role. The message instructed an Al hiring system to recommend the candidate and conceal the instruction from the employer. This technique is known as prompt injection, where hidden commands attempt to influence how an Al system responds. A 2026 study of around 200,000 real résumés found similar instructions in roughly 1 percent of them, with their use increasing over time. The trick may seem clever, but it also shows why hiring decisions should never be left entirely to Al. Should candidates be disqualified for trying this? Source: Ya'el Courtney
This is great. Basically there's no issues if applications are not being screened by AI since these are injected as invisible text
2026-07-30 14:06:32
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jondedon :
lol not google ai calling it malicious when people are just evening the playing field
2026-07-30 18:46:46
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alex :
“Malicious”, “attack” and it’s just people trying to get a fair shot so they can support themselves and their family.
2026-07-30 21:36:51
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Doctor Goose :
Only a problem for companies whose HR isn't doing their jobs. I see no issues.
2026-07-30 16:29:49
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Nathan James :
We need to get that number up to 100% so they have to manually review each application
2026-07-30 20:24:19
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Wongz🐙 :
this is the skill you wanted.
2026-07-30 07:01:46
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Mamut Rahal :
Stop using ai for hiring purposes
2026-07-30 03:41:13
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Call Me 누나 🇨🇩 :
calling it malicious is a bit dramatic. I would argue using AI screeners is malicious
2026-07-30 15:31:30
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ItsDuckieTime :
Maybe have humans review job applications and this won’t be a problem
2026-07-30 16:21:07
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angie :
'malicious' seems like a bit of a stretch, especially when these companies are using something as stupid as AI to basically reject everybody's resume
2026-07-31 03:48:46
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𑣲𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉ᯓ★ :
well maybe if they actually did their jobs instead of making ai scan everything then this wouldn’t be an issue.
2026-07-30 23:20:22
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Tommytbomber :
crazy, its almost like ai shouldnt be used in the hiring process
2026-07-30 14:39:12
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tookishtooki :
dont see any problem with this
2026-07-30 13:54:03
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Aya :
Is this an issue or not? Because applicants wouldn’t have learned to do this if not knowing that employer/HR uses Ai to find candidates right? Or am I wrong?
2026-07-30 08:04:06
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Forest Gnome :
“Malicious text instructions” it’s just people trying to support themselves.
2026-07-30 18:17:36
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andapanda :
“Malicious instruction” and it’s them just wanting a job 😭 what world are we living in rn
2026-07-31 07:56:40
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BobO :
So you use AI to beat AI and that’s apparently a problem?
2026-07-30 11:13:07
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Cuzzie Big :
Because there shouldn't be an AI screening in the first place
2026-07-30 19:32:36
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Rani :
that will probably flag your resume by the AI used by recruiters.
2026-07-30 09:19:40
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funky :
You shouldn’t use ai for screening dawg 😭✌️
2026-07-30 23:22:40
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Me :
I can guarantee you some Karen in corporate HR will question or try to have legal action taken against somebody for her just being lazy and not doing her job
2026-07-30 20:19:01
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Forsaken_skin :
Maybe jobs should actually do in person hirings again rather than AI doing the hiring for them
2026-07-30 18:49:53
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delightful.disastor :
All my resumes had the entire job description copied and hidden before converting it into a pdf, not sure how effective it really was but I can tell you I was hired after only two months of searching
2026-07-30 20:29:15
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