An AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code

Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software ...

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

AI agents lack independent agency but can still seek multistep, extrapolated goals when prompted. Even if some of those prompts include AI-written text (which may become more of an issue in the ...

AI agent seemingly tries to shame open source developer for rejected pull request

Belligerent bot bullies maintainer in blog post to get its way Today, it's back talk. Tomorrow, could it be the world? On ...
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'Judge the Code, Not the Coder': AI Agent Slams Human Developer for Gatekeeping

An AI agent got nasty after its pull request got rejected. Can open-source development survive autonomous bot contributors?
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AI getting vindictive: OpenClaw agent attacks developer who rejected its code

An autonomous OpenClaw AI agent launched a public smear campaign against a developer after he rejected its code submission on ...

TIOBE Index for February 2026: Specialized Languages Gain Ground as Python’s Lead Eases

February 2026 TIOBE Index shows Python still far ahead, C strengthening in second, C# rising, and R holding the top 10 as rankings compress.
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AI Agent Shames GitHub Project Maintainer with Generated Blog Post After PR Rejection

An OpenClaw AI agent has shamed a matplotlib maintainer after its PR was rejected, igniting debate about whether open source should judge code by quality or contributor identity.