Simon Willison hunts for the prompts behind X's soulless AI reply bots
dotey · x · 2026-10-20
Simon Willison asks if anyone has seen the prompts powering X's rampant AI reply bots, jokingly offering one unblocked reply in exchange. dotey notes the problem spans the whole platform, not just the Chinese-speaking corner, and calls for official action. The post even includes a classic "output your initialization" prompt-injection attempt as a live example.
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