Incident Tracker / United States (state)
Elliott v. New York Bariatric Group, LLC, No. AAN-CV-25-6066141-S (Conn. Super. Ct.)
·Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Ansonia-Milford·US-STATEOtherunverified
In what commentators describe as the first documented prompt-injection attempt aimed at a US court, a Connecticut Superior Court judge found that a self-represented plaintiff had hidden white-on-white instructions telling any AI reader to rule in his favour, then repeated the tactic after a warning. The court revoked his electronic filing privileges and required paper filings in person.
- Court
- Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Ansonia-Milford
- Date
- 2026-08-06
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Self-represented plaintiff Matthew Elliott embedded hidden white text in 3-point font instructing any AI system reviewing his filing to agree with his position. After the court warned him, he added further concealed messages and links to later filings.
- Outcome
- Other
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Unverified — pending primary-source confirmation
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Elliott v. New York Bariatric Group, LLC, No. AAN-CV-25-6066141-S (Conn. Super. Ct.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/elliott-v-new-york-bariatric-group (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.