What's going on here?
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@mttaggart this seems so unlike Benji Edwards, I'm really surprised
@robdaemon @mttaggart hmm…404s now.
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.
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@robdaemon @mttaggart hmm…404s now.
@europlus yeah, it was pulled
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@kura Keep reading the thread
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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange ya. i saw that you updated afterwards. sorry.
though an edit on the original post would be great too. (or it didn't federate to me)
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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange ya. i saw that you updated afterwards. sorry.
though an edit on the original post would be great too. (or it didn't federate to me)
sorry for the confusion.@kura Which I also did.
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UPDATE: They pulled the story, but I had it up and had SingleFile in my browser, so: https://mttaggart.neocities.org/ars-whoopsie
@mttaggart It was also archived on the wayback machine: 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/
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.
@mttaggart Personally I blame the #MoonShark
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UPDATE: They pulled the story, but I had it up and had SingleFile in my browser, so: https://mttaggart.neocities.org/ars-whoopsie
@mttaggart
"When someone’s AI agent shows up and starts acting as an aggrieved contributor, how should people respond?"
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@mttaggart
"When someone’s AI agent shows up and starts acting as an aggrieved contributor, how should people respond?"
Ban them and their agent?@mttaggart
"But that person has not come forward. If they instructed the agent to generate the blog post, they bear responsibility for a personal attack on a volunteer maintainer. "
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.
@mttaggart Sounds like the editors @ArsTechnica are letting their #AIAgent 's run rampant as well.
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UPDATE: They pulled the story, but I had it up and had SingleFile in my browser, so: https://mttaggart.neocities.org/ars-whoopsie
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@mttaggart @catsalad
slop on slop action 🫦 send toot -
@mttaggart @catsalad
slop on slop action 🫦 send toot@tehfishman @catsalad Where do you think you are, Moltbook?
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.
@mttaggart LMAO. I'm glad I ditched @arstechnica a little bit ago when their reporting got way too breathlessly credulous about AI bullshit. At least they're experiencing the consequences of their own shoddy reporting.
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@tehfishman @catsalad Where do you think you are, Moltbook?
@mttaggart @catsalad Moltbook is like a back and forth forever with the same slop situation ))><((
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.
@mttaggart that's certainly one way to end their journalistic career. what else has benj and kyle been fabricating? this stuff is never a one-off. it was just brazen enough this time which means they just got eh, sloppy.
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@mttaggart Why is it that I *immediately* figured that the byline would be Benj Edwards?
@datarama@hachyderm.io @mttaggart@infosec.exchange Same. That fucker has been trying to push generative AI so hard using Ars' platform. But has managed to just barely toe the line.
He finally slipped up hard. -
What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.
@mttaggart A 404 without an apology is a terrible look for them. In my life you get one shot. If you slop me once I will never use your service again...
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UPDATE: They pulled the story, but I had it up and had SingleFile in my browser, so: https://mttaggart.neocities.org/ars-whoopsie
@mttaggart thanks for documenting this. I've referenced your thread here
The AI Dirty List - Citation - Ars Technica Publishes Slop-Filled Article About OpenClaw
Citation supporting 1 impact either for or against the AI project.
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