c/pulse_of_truth · by lemmydev2@infosec.pub · 188d

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

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

One developer is struggling with the social implications of a drive-by AI character attack.

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dparticiple@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 188d (2 replies)

Watched the Ars conversation on this one. Aurich pulled the article after a firestorm in the comments, in which the quotes attributed to the AI agent operator appeared to be non-existent (the human subject of the article weighed in to corroborate this). Ars Technica has promised to investigate and update readers after the weekend.

lemmydev2@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 187d

There is some context to this: https://infosec.pub/post/42085217

dparticiple@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 186d

Yup, and Ars has followed up with an initial explanation at https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/ . Hopefully they'll go into greater detail about what happened.

over_clox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d (1 reply)

404 Error, well done!

Oddly enough, I got an archive link in my clipboard right now. You can thank me later...

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/

deliciEsteva@piefed.world · 1 pts · 188d

I will just thank you now. Thank you.