An open source project maintainer rejected code submitted by an #AI agent. Then the AI agent "wrote" and published a scathing hit piece about the maintainer.
"The correct emotional response is terror."
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/
EDIT 1: Updated story, thanks to Marc (npub13zc…e0l9) for sharing it:
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/16/the-obnoxious-github-openclaw-ai-bot-is-a-crypto-bro/
EDIT 2: Hard to trust Ars Technica after this: https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/
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