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A hidden white-font instruction fails 32 of 35 students

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A professor hid white-font instructions telling models to digress about Madagascar, failing 32 of 35 students who never proofread their submissions, while seven of nine top image editors stripped a photo on request.

Reported metric: 32 of 35

Reporting date: 2026-07-29 (not necessarily the event date)

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A hidden white-font instruction fails 32 of 35 students
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Reporting date: 2026-07-29
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-29-a-hidden-instruction-fails-thirty-two-of-thirty-five
Claim: A professor hid white-font instructions telling models to digress about Madagascar, failing 32 of 35 students who never proofread their submissions, while seven of nine top image editors stripped a photo on request.
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- Welcome to July 29, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-29-2026
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