Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story 2 days ago (infosec.exchange) 6 comments robin_reala Reply Add to library shantara 2 days ago Already being discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949 dang 2 days ago Yes, I think that's enough overlap that we can move the comments thither. I'll put a link to https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116065340523529645 in the toptext there as well. arduanika 2 days ago This error by Ars is a whole new layer on top of that story. dang 2 days ago There have been several, but the most recent thread in the sequence is about this specifically (as latexr already pointed out). If anyone wants to catch up, here's the list in reverse order:An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559 - Feb 2026 (744 comments) latexr 2 days ago Look again, that post already includes the Ars story (near the top). tempodox 2 days ago It’s extremely generous to call deliberate slop generation an error.
shantara 2 days ago Already being discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949 dang 2 days ago Yes, I think that's enough overlap that we can move the comments thither. I'll put a link to https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116065340523529645 in the toptext there as well. arduanika 2 days ago This error by Ars is a whole new layer on top of that story. dang 2 days ago There have been several, but the most recent thread in the sequence is about this specifically (as latexr already pointed out). If anyone wants to catch up, here's the list in reverse order:An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559 - Feb 2026 (744 comments) latexr 2 days ago Look again, that post already includes the Ars story (near the top). tempodox 2 days ago It’s extremely generous to call deliberate slop generation an error.
dang 2 days ago Yes, I think that's enough overlap that we can move the comments thither. I'll put a link to https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116065340523529645 in the toptext there as well.
arduanika 2 days ago This error by Ars is a whole new layer on top of that story. dang 2 days ago There have been several, but the most recent thread in the sequence is about this specifically (as latexr already pointed out). If anyone wants to catch up, here's the list in reverse order:An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559 - Feb 2026 (744 comments) latexr 2 days ago Look again, that post already includes the Ars story (near the top). tempodox 2 days ago It’s extremely generous to call deliberate slop generation an error.
dang 2 days ago There have been several, but the most recent thread in the sequence is about this specifically (as latexr already pointed out). If anyone wants to catch up, here's the list in reverse order:An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559 - Feb 2026 (744 comments)
Already being discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949
Yes, I think that's enough overlap that we can move the comments thither. I'll put a link to https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116065340523529645 in the toptext there as well.
This error by Ars is a whole new layer on top of that story.
There have been several, but the most recent thread in the sequence is about this specifically (as latexr already pointed out). If anyone wants to catch up, here's the list in reverse order:
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559 - Feb 2026 (744 comments)
Look again, that post already includes the Ars story (near the top).
It’s extremely generous to call deliberate slop generation an error.