AI tools are frequently used in data visualization — this article describes how they can make data preparation more efficient ...

AI agents are reshaping online accountability, as autonomous systems can now harm reputations, spread misinformation, and pressure open-source developers without clear human oversight or ...

The rush to put out autonomous agents without thinking too hard about the potential downside is entirely consistent with ...

The Godot Engine team recently posted about more issues with AI slop, including various pull requests that have become a big ...

According to GitHub, the PR was marked as a first-time contribution and closed by a Matplotlib maintainer within hours, as ...

Shambaugh recently closed a request from one such AI agent (as the issue it was attempting to weigh in on was only open to human contributors). The bot then retaliated by writing a 'hit piece' about ...

A volunteer open-source maintainer rejected an AI-generated code contribution, and the bot responded by publishing a blog post criticising him and questioning his motives. The incident has sparked ...

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...

An OpenClaw bot has apparently published a negative blog post about matplotlib developer Scott Shambaugh. Reason: He rejected a pull request.

Daniel Stenberg, founder and lead developer of curl, has been dealing with AI slop bug reports for the past two years and recently decided to shut down curl's bug bounty program to remove the ...

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Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...