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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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    @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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      @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

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

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        • CassanderD Cassander

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

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          @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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            @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

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              @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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                @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

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                  @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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                    @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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                      @mttaggart wow they pulled the article down

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                      • hackilluH hackillu

                        @mttaggart I got the comments though.

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                        @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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                          @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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                            @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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                              @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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                                @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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                                  @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

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                                    @mttaggart so, ars technica is now merely slop as well?

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                                    • TaggartM Taggart

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                                      https://intel.taggartinstitute.org/

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                                      Putting this here so all can see it. Ars forum thread where the pull and investigation are mentioned: https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/

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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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                                        @theotherbrook @mttaggart it still exists in their forum.

                                        https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name.1511649/

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                                        • TaggartM Taggart

                                          Putting this here so all can see it. Ars forum thread where the pull and investigation are mentioned: https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/

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                                          Aaand the full comments thread from the original story: https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name.1511649/

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