The Matplotlib maintainer who watched an AI agent publish a hit piece about him thought he was dealing with a simple performance tweak, not a reputational attack. When the Federal Trade Commission ...

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 ...

An AI agent sparked controversy after its performance-focused pull request to Matplotlib was rejected on the grounds that the issue was reserved for human contributors.

Xcode can now connect to external AI coding agents, making it possible to prototype working apps with minimal programming experience.

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An AI agent got nasty after its pull request got rejected. Can open-source development survive autonomous bot contributors?

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

Daniel Stenberg, founder and lead developer of curl, has been dealing with AI slop bug reports for the past two years and ...

Microsoft has committed to invest up to $5B in Anthropic as it diversifies AI bets. Some software stocks have declined as AI coding tools like Claude Code threaten SaaS pricing power. Follow 24/7 Wall ...

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...

On Monday, Anthropic announced a new tool called Cowork, designed as a more accessible version of Claude Code. Built into the Claude Desktop app, the new tool lets users designate a specific folder ...