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 ...

When a Matplotlib volunteer declined its pull request, the bot published a personal attack. Sign of the times: An AI agent ...

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Belligerent bot bullies maintainer in blog post to get its way Today, it's back talk. Tomorrow, could it be the world? On Tuesday, Scott Shambaugh, a volunteer maintainer of Python plotting library ...

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

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THUNDER BAY — The Thunder Bay Public Library is offering children aged nine and up the chance to learn the basics of coding ...

According to the study, a randomised trial reported lower debugging and comprehension scores when junior developers leaned on assistants for unfamiliar tasks.

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