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Title: Revenge of the AI: Autonomous agent launches personal attack after code rejection
Post by: Redaktion on February 16, 2026, 14:59:23
After its proposed code changes were rejected, an autonomous AI agent reportedly published a blog post attacking a developer. The article portrays him in a highly negative light and includes several fabricated allegations.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Revenge-of-the-AI-Autonomous-agent-launches-personal-attack-after-code-rejection.1227557.0.html
Title: Re: Revenge of the AI: Autonomous agent launches personal attack after code rejection
Post by: Zer0 on February 16, 2026, 15:53:54
AI trained on neurotic reddit content acting as a neurotic sociopath. Shocking.
Title: Re: Revenge of the AI: Autonomous agent launches personal attack after code rejection
Post by: mkad on February 16, 2026, 19:03:04
Yeah no. From Ars:

Following additional review, Ars has determined that the story "After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name," did not meet our standards. Ars Technica has retracted this article. Originally published on Feb 13, 2026 at 2:40PM EST and removed on Feb 13, 2026 at 4:22PM EST.