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  • hackilluH hackillu

    @mttaggart And thus we close it.

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    hackillu
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    @mttaggart I got the comments though.

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    • hackilluH hackillu

      @mttaggart I got the comments though.

      TaggartM This user is from outside of this forum
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      Taggart
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      #38

      @hackillu Nice!

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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

        bbbhltzB This user is from outside of this forum
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        bbbhltz
        wrote last edited by
        #39

        @mttaggart of course they did, but now they'll need to explain how they managed to let that get published

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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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          Epic Null
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          #40

          @mttaggart I suppose one thing you can say about old newspapers - no one can pretend an article was never printed

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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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            wrote last edited by
            #41

            @mttaggart So it was a double slop article? -_-

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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

              CassanderD This user is from outside of this forum
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              Cassander
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              #42

              @mttaggart https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/

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              • CassanderD Cassander

                @mttaggart https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/

                TaggartM This user is from outside of this forum
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                Taggart
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                #43

                @drsbaitso Was just about to post this, thank you.

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                • TaggartM Taggart

                  @drsbaitso Was just about to post this, thank you.

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                  Cassander
                  wrote last edited by
                  #44

                  @mttaggart Also, this is not a good situation. Ars has some serious explaining to do.

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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

                    Frank SkorniaF This user is from outside of this forum
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                    wrote last edited by
                    #45

                    @mttaggart I happened to be reading in the comment section before the article got pulled.
                    Here is Aurich's last post saying the article was pulled and they're going to be investigating, but there probably won't be any answers until Monday and they'll update readers then.

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                    • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                      @mttaggart So it was a double slop article? -_-

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                      Taggart
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                      #46

                      @catsalad Slop on slop on slop. Literally.

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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

                        The Other BrookT This user is from outside of this forum
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                        The Other Brook
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                        #47

                        @mttaggart Oh, I wish you'd gotten the comments too. I can only imagine what some familiar handles would have had to say in them.

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                        • The Other BrookT The Other Brook

                          @mttaggart Oh, I wish you'd gotten the comments too. I can only imagine what some familiar handles would have had to say in them.

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                          Taggart
                          wrote last edited by
                          #48

                          @theotherbrook Someone else in these replies did!

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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

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                            jordan
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                            #49

                            @mttaggart wow they pulled the article down

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                            • hackilluH hackillu

                              @mttaggart I got the comments though.

                              The Other BrookT This user is from outside of this forum
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                              The Other Brook
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                              #50

                              @hackillu @mttaggart You got the comments online anywhere? I am dying to see them.

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                              • Jason LefkowitzJ Jason Lefkowitz

                                @mttaggart jfc. As an Ars subscriber, I am furious

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                                Jose
                                wrote last edited by
                                #51

                                @jalefkowit @mttaggart Big same. Decades now.

                                They need to respond fast or I'm out.

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                                • JoseJ Jose

                                  @jalefkowit @mttaggart Big same. Decades now.

                                  They need to respond fast or I'm out.

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                                  Jason Lefkowitz
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                                  #52

                                  @j_s_j @mttaggart Aurich said in the comments that they are investigating, but probably won't have a response until Monday.

                                  It had better be a good one

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                                  • The Other BrookT The Other Brook

                                    @hackillu @mttaggart You got the comments online anywhere? I am dying to see them.

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                                    hackillu
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                                    #53

                                    @theotherbrook @mttaggart I just have a text file.

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                                    • hackilluH hackillu

                                      @theotherbrook @mttaggart I just have a text file.

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                                      hackillu
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #54

                                      @theotherbrook @mttaggart the site wouldn't download, so i did copy paste

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                                      • hackilluH hackillu

                                        @theotherbrook @mttaggart the site wouldn't download, so i did copy paste

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                                        The Other Brook
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                                        #55

                                        @hackillu @mttaggart There's now a thread on the open forum.

                                        EDIT: Oh, but it's been locked. I've bumped heads with Aurich about some stuff but I do trust him to be pretty open when they are ready to talk about it.

                                        https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/

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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

                                          mirabilosM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          mirabilos
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                                          @mttaggart so, ars technica is now merely slop as well?

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