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brianpeiris@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 2 hours ago

After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name

arstechnica.com

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After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name

arstechnica.com

brianpeiris@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 2 hours ago
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  • Damarus@feddit.org
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    Blog post about this event by the someone in question: https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/

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    The link to the article leads to a 404.

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      OP posted a working archive link in the comments…

      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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        59 minutes ago

        huh. That comment didn’t federate properly then.

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