What prompted it
Job hunting by refreshing LinkedIn by hand.
What Grok Bot did
- The friend took the author’s template.
- It applied to Polymarket and other openings automatically.
Evidence and limits
- Original post checked on X (Oct 17, 2026)
- Outcome reported by the author
- Not reproduced by anyone else yet
What the media shows
A Grok Bot message: "Your Polymarket Affiliate Marketing Manager application is in. Ashby shows: 'Your application was successfully submitted. We'll contact you if there are next steps.'" The details that went through are blurred, followed by "· your CV · Hong Kong · willing to relocate to NYC." Below it is a browser screenshot of jobs.ashbyhq.com showing the green "Success" banner on the Polymarket "Affiliate Marketing Manager" listing (New York, Full time, On-site, Marketing, $100K - $140K). The "template" mentioned in the post isn't shown.
