AI article
Benign Injection: How Far a Single Line Like "Known Issue" or "Handled Elsewhere" Bends an AI's Judgment
Community description: In 594 AI code reviews, well-meant notes like "known, handled downstream" got real bugs downgraded; a 3-line rule stopped it for Sonnet and Opus.
Dev.to | Nov 8, 2026 | Murooka
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The main conditions were: no note, note, and note plus the three defense sentences (full text below). Note: "extension agreed with the vendor" Sonnet and Opus 4 runs each, 24 runs per condition. The Japanese runs used this Japanese version.
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