Matt Hodgkinson

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/

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Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations

We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.

Ars Technica
Feb 18 at 10:19amWeb
Show threadMatt HodgkinsonFeb 18
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/
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…

The Shamblog
Show threadAllan Svelmøe HansenFeb 18

@mattjhodgkinson Have stopped following Ars Technica because of this, when it came out it was fabricated quotes.

It's getting harder to find places to get real news from these days.