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After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name (EDIT: See description and comments regarding 404) (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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EDIT: The original link is now a 404 because Ars Technica apparently fabricated quotes, or possibly even generated the article in an extreme case of irony.

Here is some context:
https://mastodon.social/@nikclayton/116065459933532659
https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/

Here is the original (partially fabricated) archived article if you still want to read it: https://web.archive.org/web/20260213194851/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name/

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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Of course they were fabricated, by an AI.
More seriously, which quotes were you referring to?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Sounds like the quotes from the person that wrote the blog

    https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116065340523529645

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