Comment by arduanika 4 days ago This error by Ars is a whole new layer on top of that story. 3 comments arduanika Reply dang 4 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 4 days ago Look again, that post already includes the Ars story (near the top). tempodox 4 days ago It’s extremely generous to call deliberate slop generation an error.
dang 4 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)
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.