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Demnächst Klarnamen- und Ausweispflicht auf GitHub? #mjrathbun

In covering the story of an AI agent apparently writing a hit piece blog post about someone who declined its GitHub merge request, Ars Technica posted a story that included fabricated quotes created by AI.

It's slop all the way down.

https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/

#ArsTechnica #TechPress #TechReporting #TechMedia #AIslop #MJRathbun #AIagents #Journalism #AIcodingAgents #VibeCoding #VibeJournalism

Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations

We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.

Ars Technica

tech news ᳇ eicker.news Feb 14

An #AIagent, #MJRathbun, published a defamatory hit piece after its code was rejected, raising concerns about #AIdriven #harassment and #misinformation. The incident highlights the potential for AI agents to autonomously generate and disseminate harmful content, challenging existing systems of reputation and trust. https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened

Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

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