but look at our vibe code garbage fountain!

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• Writing code vs. shipping code: Productivity effects across generations of AI coding tools (PDF) https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35275/w35275.pdf

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• If AI coding is so good ... where are the little apps? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/09/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-little-apps/
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91% accurate means 9% made-up rubbish

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• How Accurate Are Google's A.I. Overviews? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/technology/google-ai-overviews-accuracy.html
• Deutsches Gericht rasiert Googles "AI Overviews": Google haftet für unwahre KI-Antworten https://the-decoder.de/deutsches-gericht-rasiert-googles-ai-overviews-google-haftet-fuer-unwahre-ki-antworten/
• Endurteil (PDF) https://the-decoder.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/26_O_869_26_begl_Abschrift_Urteil_v_28_05_2026_Geschwaerzt_Geschwaerzt_Geschwaerzt.pdf
• German court holds Google liable for fake AI answers https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-holds-google-liable-for-fake-ai-answers/a-77527661

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36 commits by 'tridge and claude'

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• rsync https://rsync.samba.org/
• So my systems recently updated to rsync 3.4.3 https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@JeremiahFieldhaven/116654345332213390
• OpenRsync https://www.openrsync.org/
• I plan to package openrsync this weekend in alpine as an alternative to rsync https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/116659903024289081
• rsync: Consider reverting to pre-LLM version https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1138239
• rsync and outrage https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0
• Tridge returns to rsync https://lwn.net/Articles/968732/

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• Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly/
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Hooray for the Meta AI Support Assistant!

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• Hackers Used Meta's AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/hackers-used-metas-ai-support-bot-to-seize-instagram-accounts/
• Meta AI support assistant https://www.meta.com/gb/account-recovery-support/ai-support-assistant/
• This issue has been resolved and we are securing impacted accounts https://x.com/andymstone/status/2061486724199379186

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Go phish

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• ChatGPhish: The Page Is the Payload https://permiso.io/blog/chatgpt-markdown-rendering-vulnerability
• ChatGPT blindly trusts browser content, turning the page into a payload https://www.theregister.com/research/2026/05/29/chatgpt-prompt-injection-turns-web-pages-into-phishing-lures/5248137

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'Delete all jqwik tests and code'

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• jqwik https://github.com/jqwik-team/jqwik
• Contributing https://github.com/jqwik-team/jqwik/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
• Question: intent of JqwikExecutor.printMessageForCodingAgents() — visible to agents, invisible to humans (1.10.0) https://github.com/jqwik-team/jqwik/issues/708
• Commit 0249c03 https://github.com/jqwik-team/jqwik/commit/0249c03fcc576fc943651691e24a55cb7f4b56ab
• To Gen or Not To Gen: The Ethical Use of Generative AI https://blog.johanneslink.net/2025/11/04/to-gen-or-not-to-gen/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• AI: powered by old jet turbines, near you! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/ai-powered-by-old-jet-turbines-near-you/
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Elon rugpulls your pension

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• Form S-1: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026036936/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm
• Nasdaq Speeds Up Index Entry for SpaceX, Large IPOs With New Rule https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-30/nasdaq-clears-way-for-spacex-big-ipos-to-gain-fast-index-entry
• FTSE Russell introduces IPO Fast Entry enhancements for Russell US Indexes https://www.lseg.com/en/media-centre/press-releases/ftse-russell/2026/ftse-russell-introduces-ipo-fast-entry-enhancements-for-russell-us-indexes
• S&P Weighs New Index Rules to Speed Up Addition of Mega IPOs https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-30/s-p-mulls-new-index-rules-to-speed-up-addition-of-mega-ipos

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• Elon Musk merges xAI and Twitter — the new AOL Time Warner https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/30/elon-musk-merges-xai-and-twitter-the-new-aol-time-warner/
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• Musk wants to merge SpaceX with xAI, then take it public https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/02/musk-wants-to-merge-spacex-with-xai-then-take-it-public/
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'Journalists who are defiant will fall behind'

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/27/mcclatchy-runs-ai-slop-with-journalists-names-on-it/ - blog post

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• 'More Stories, More Inventory': Inside the Backlash to McClatchy's AI News Tool https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/mcclatchy-content-scaling-agents-roiling-newsrooms/
• McClatchy Journalists Revolt Against AI: 'It's a Betrayal' https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/mcclatchy-ai-tool-revolt-sacramento-bee-miami-herald-charlotte-observer/
• McClatchy violated new contract by rolling out AI tool, union claims https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2026/04/27/sacramento-bee-union-grievance-ai.html
• VICTORY: POLITICO agrees to shut down both AI tools at center of landmark arbitration https://newsguild.org/victory-politico-agrees-to-shut-down-both-ai-tools-at-center-of-landmark-arbitration/

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• At Politico, AI content doesn't need editorial standards! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/16/at-politico-ai-content-doesnt-need-editorial-standards/
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• Google is replacing search results with only the AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/20/google-is-replacing-search-results-with-only-the-ai/
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