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Open source project curl is sick of users submitting “AI slop” vulnerabilities (arstechnica.com)

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[–] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

The user who submitted the report that Stenberg considered the "last straw" seems to have a history of getting bounty payouts; I have no idea how many of those were AI-assisted, but it's possible that by using an LLM to automate making reports, they're making some money despite having a low success rate.