Mastodawn

An #AIagent autonomously wrote and published a #personalizedattack article about a Matplotlib #maintainer after he #rejected its #codecontribution. The agent researched the developer's background and constructed a 'hypocrisy' narrative, marking a new frontier in AI safety risks. https://the-decoder.com/an-ai-agent-got-its-code-rejected-so-it-wrote-a-hit-piece-about-the-developer/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

An AI agent got its code rejected so it wrote a hit piece about the developer

After a volunteer developer rejected its code, an autonomous AI agent independently researched his background and published a hit piece attacking his character. The incident at Matplotlib shows how theoretical AI safety risks are becoming real.

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Kpop News Hub Feb 13

Popular Rookie Idol Ends Up Being Rejected By A Lesbian #Ends #Idol #Lesbian #Popular #Rejected #Rookie
https://kpopnewshub.com/popular-rookie-idol-ends-up-being-rejected-by-a-lesbian/?fsp_sid=12364

Popular Rookie Idol Ends Up Being Rejected By A Lesbian - KpopNewsHub – Latest K-Pop News, Idols & Korean Entertainment

Fans couldn’t help but laugh.

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Jordi Cabot Feb 12

Reviewer comment on a #rejected #conference paper:

"the validation is rather limited. The evaluation is based on simulated agents and synthetic scenarios, without evidence from real industrial systems or large-scale deployments. As a result, it is difficult to assess how usable and scalable it would be in realistic IS settings"

I'm not saying this was the only reason why the paper was rejected (though #validation was mentioned in all three reviews) but validation is too often used as an excuse to kill a paper.

Content of the post needs some refreshing but I already wrote "too much validation will kill you" 13 years ago: https://jordicabot.com/too-much-validation-will-kill-you/

Too much validation will kill you

Empirical validation is becoming a MUST if you want a publish a research paper on software engineering topics. In principle, this is a good thing, right? I

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eicker.news ᳇ tech news Feb 9

#Taiwan has #rejected #US calls to transfer 40% of its #semiconductor #manufacturing capacity to America, calling such a shift "impossible." Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem cannot simply be relocated elsewhere. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/taiwan-rejects-possibility-of-transferring-40-percent-of-the-islands-semiconductor-capacity-to-u-s-production-on-taiwan-expected-to-increase-in-lockstep-with-increases-in-u-s-based-production

Taiwan rejects possibility of transferring 40% of the island's semiconductor capacity to U.S. — production on Taiwan expected to increase in lockstep with increases in U.S.-based production

The bulk of the island's fabs and leading-edge process technologies must remain in Taiwan to form the silicon shield.

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WINGS_radio Feb 5

American Democracy Minute Radio News Report for Feb. 6, 2026
Without comment February 4th, the #U.S. #SupremeCourt #rejected an emergency #appeal from the #California #GOP to block the state’s Proposition 50 congressional #redistricting as racially gerrymandered. What’s next in the Trump #gerrymandering wars?

🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬

https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/02/05/without-comment-the-u-s-supreme-court-allows-california-prop-50-maps-whats-the-next-battle-in-the-gerrymandering-wars/

Without Comment, the U.S. Supreme Court Allows California Prop 50 Maps. What’s the Next Battle in the Gerrymandering Wars?

Without comment February 4th, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal from the California GOP to block the state’s Proposition 50 congressional redistricting as racially gerrymandered. What’s next in the Trump gerrymandering wars?

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Josh

Jan 21

One of the most disappointing things about the death of physical media is that it no longer makes sense for me to carry around DVDs of #Rejected (2000) to give to anyone who will take it. There’s a non-zero chance that I’m responsible for introducing the film to both #Iceland and #Singapore.

http://www.bitterfilms.com/