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  • staringatcloudsS staringatclouds

    @mttaggart Fuck! I thought that was real

    TaggartM This user is from outside of this forum
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    Taggart
    wrote last edited by
    #82

    @staringatclouds The event is real. The quotes in the story were hallucinated.

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    • Nicole ParsonsN Nicole Parsons

      2/

      Russia & Putin
      Putin deluded himself that AI-enabled warfare will solve his manpower problems & population bottlenecks. 1.3 million dead soldiers so far in Ukraine.
      https://www.neimagazine.com/news/putin-links-nuclear-buildout-to-russias-ai-ambitions/

      https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/putin-wanted-ai-supremacy-now-russia-is-struggling-to-stay-in-the-race-0e0deeb6

      https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/how-technophobe-putin-led-russia-to-surrender-in-the-ai-arms-race-xk6hrn96l

      Kevin RussellK This user is from outside of this forum
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      Kevin Russell
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      @Npars01

      Need more evidence? Evil.

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      • TaggartM Taggart

        UPDATE: They pulled the story, but I had it up and had SingleFile in my browser, so: https://mttaggart.neocities.org/ars-whoopsie

        Phil M0OFXP This user is from outside of this forum
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        Phil M0OFX
        wrote last edited by
        #84

        @mttaggart I'd have more respect for them if they replaced it with a retraction page. But then, I have low expectations for Ars.

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        • TaggartM Taggart

          What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.

          UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.

          https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name

          KFO̸UNKK This user is from outside of this forum
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          KFO̸UNK
          wrote last edited by
          #85

          @mttaggart

          "If irony were made of strawberries we'd all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now."

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          • TaggartM Taggart

            What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.

            UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.

            https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name

            MegatronicThronBanksM This user is from outside of this forum
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            MegatronicThronBanks
            wrote last edited by
            #86

            @mttaggart Makes me want to delete AT from my regular sources, but I'll hold off. They should issue an apology if they haven't.

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            • TaggartM Taggart

              UPDATE: They pulled the story, but I had it up and had SingleFile in my browser, so: https://mttaggart.neocities.org/ars-whoopsie

              ArtemisA This user is from outside of this forum
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              Artemis
              wrote last edited by
              #87

              @mttaggart @davidgerard

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              • TaggartM Taggart

                @inpc Keep reading the thread friendo

                inpcI This user is from outside of this forum
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                inpc
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                #88

                @mttaggart I did… and thanks to folks saving it 🙂

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                • RobR Rob

                  @mttaggart this seems so unlike Benji Edwards, I'm really surprised

                  europlus :autisminf:E This user is from outside of this forum
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                  europlus :autisminf:
                  wrote last edited by
                  #89

                  @robdaemon @mttaggart hmm…404s now.

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                  • TaggartM Taggart

                    What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.

                    UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.

                    https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name

                    Kura :disconnecting:K This user is from outside of this forum
                    Kura :disconnecting:K This user is from outside of this forum
                    Kura :disconnecting:
                    wrote last edited by
                    #90

                    @mttaggart@infosec.exchange link 404s

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                    • europlus :autisminf:E europlus :autisminf:

                      @robdaemon @mttaggart hmm…404s now.

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                      Rob
                      wrote last edited by
                      #91

                      @europlus yeah, it was pulled

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                      • Kura :disconnecting:K Kura :disconnecting:

                        @mttaggart@infosec.exchange link 404s

                        TaggartM This user is from outside of this forum
                        TaggartM This user is from outside of this forum
                        Taggart
                        wrote last edited by
                        #92

                        @kura Keep reading the thread

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                        • TaggartM Taggart

                          @kura Keep reading the thread

                          Kura :disconnecting:K This user is from outside of this forum
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                          Kura :disconnecting:
                          wrote last edited by
                          #93

                          @mttaggart@infosec.exchange ya. i saw that you updated afterwards. sorry.

                          though an edit on the original post would be great too. (or it didn't federate to me)

                          sorry for the confusion.

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                          • Kura :disconnecting:K Kura :disconnecting:

                            @mttaggart@infosec.exchange ya. i saw that you updated afterwards. sorry.

                            though an edit on the original post would be great too. (or it didn't federate to me)

                            sorry for the confusion.

                            TaggartM This user is from outside of this forum
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                            Taggart
                            wrote last edited by
                            #94

                            @kura Which I also did.

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                            • TaggartM Taggart

                              UPDATE: They pulled the story, but I had it up and had SingleFile in my browser, so: https://mttaggart.neocities.org/ars-whoopsie

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                              Nicolás Alvarez
                              wrote last edited by
                              #95

                              @mttaggart It was also archived on the wayback machine: 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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                              • TaggartM Taggart

                                What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.

                                UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.

                                https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name

                                William Canna-bassJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                William Canna-bassJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                William Canna-bass
                                wrote last edited by
                                #96

                                @mttaggart Personally I blame the #MoonShark

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                                • TaggartM Taggart

                                  UPDATE: They pulled the story, but I had it up and had SingleFile in my browser, so: https://mttaggart.neocities.org/ars-whoopsie

                                  William Canna-bassJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                  William Canna-bassJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                  William Canna-bass
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #97

                                  @mttaggart
                                  "When someone’s AI agent shows up and starts acting as an aggrieved contributor, how should people respond?"
                                  Ban them and their agent?

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                                  • William Canna-bassJ William Canna-bass

                                    @mttaggart
                                    "When someone’s AI agent shows up and starts acting as an aggrieved contributor, how should people respond?"
                                    Ban them and their agent?

                                    William Canna-bassJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                    William Canna-bassJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                    William Canna-bass
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #98

                                    @mttaggart
                                    "But that person has not come forward. If they instructed the agent to generate the blog post, they bear responsibility for a personal attack on a volunteer maintainer. "
                                    Sounds like a solid case of #Libel to me

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                                    • TaggartM Taggart

                                      What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.

                                      UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.

                                      https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name

                                      William Canna-bassJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                      William Canna-bassJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                      William Canna-bass
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #99

                                      @mttaggart Sounds like the editors @ArsTechnica are letting their #AIAgent 's run rampant as well.

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                                      • TaggartM Taggart

                                        @catsalad Slop on slop on slop. Literally.

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                                        tehfishman
                                        wrote last edited by
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                                        @mttaggart @catsalad
                                        slop on slop action 🫦 send toot

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                                        • tehfishmanT tehfishman

                                          @mttaggart @catsalad
                                          slop on slop action 🫦 send toot

                                          TaggartM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          Taggart
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #101

                                          @tehfishman @catsalad Where do you think you are, Moltbook?

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