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(DIR) Post #B4qzYgx8rF3xTOybPU by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-01T15:15:42Z
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So Anthropic employees are using Claude Code to contribute AI-generated code to open source repositories and hiding the fact using their own internal “undercover mode”. Totally trustworthy people.#AI #Anthropic #ClaudeCode #subterfuge
(DIR) Post #B4r0aQa4ncp1EIZz8K by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-01T15:27:13Z
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@aredridel I do see your point. But the subterfuge is also telling.
(DIR) Post #B4r2v2nub1KTTc0dUW by joaquim_satolep@bolha.us
2026-04-01T15:53:01Z
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@aral
(DIR) Post #B4r3xRe3JD0t3L6dzU by stux@mstdn.social
2026-04-01T16:04:55Z
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@aral All the while they can't even mange to keep their code indoorsWhat a joke company
(DIR) Post #B4r4bmQNTF7p5AwXOy by jotak@framapiaf.org
2026-04-01T16:12:02Z
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@aral what is this undercover mode, what triggers it?
(DIR) Post #B4r5a1rpBTLsLtVhEO by PizzaV@infosec.exchange
2026-04-01T16:23:01Z
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@aral really apreciate bringing this news about claude code to light, where is the code that you showed in screenshot so i can look more into it
(DIR) Post #B4r5xMRyp3ScqlXzLE by farshidhakimy@chaos.social
2026-04-01T16:27:07Z
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@aral this sounds more like stopping the LLM from leaking information about itself because it might not be released yet.
(DIR) Post #B4r7UoOO3UxV1NNgMi by kdekooter@mastodon.social
2026-04-01T16:44:27Z
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@aral OMFG "write commit messages like a human developer would"
(DIR) Post #B4r898vT8CsSHw5P16 by amberage@eldritch.cafe
2026-04-01T16:51:49Z
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@aral as much as I enjoy anti-slop outrage:[citation needed]
(DIR) Post #B4r8KXHAwFjWzhfhrs by gooba42@mastodon.social
2026-04-01T16:53:51Z
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@aral Licensing is built on top of copyright but all LLM content in the US is public domain and can't have license restrictions placed on it.This is an attack on the entire FOSS ecosystem.
(DIR) Post #B4r9ChrnmKIPTidNAG by Npars01@mstdn.social
2026-04-01T17:03:38Z
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@aral #TranslatedFromTheRepublican "Fossil fuel industry funds information pollution to flood the zone with sh*t.AI is automated firehosing."https://scienceupfirst.com/misinformation-101/misinformer-tactic-firehose-of-falsehood/https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/fossil-fuel-money-funds-climate-lies-then-ai-slopaganda-spreads-it-20260325-p5xa36.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/07/ai-climate-change-energy-disinformation-reporthttps://www.hcn.org/articles/ancient-energy-sources-power-the-future/https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/ai-turns-the-firehose-into-a-funnel/https://re-russia.net/en/analytics/0152/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehose_of_falsehood
(DIR) Post #B4r9OMcYb0hB3o3uHQ by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-01T17:05:47Z
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@amberage That’s literally a screenshot of their leaked code.
(DIR) Post #B4r9gILfDfuh1Qi7Ki by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-01T17:09:03Z
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@PizzaV Search for it online, it’s hosted in multiple locations.
(DIR) Post #B4r9k03t9QMBSuAAYi by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-01T17:09:41Z
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@jotak From the code it looks like being an Anthropic employee is the prerequisite.
(DIR) Post #B4rABs52Q41WorzUG0 by gimulnautti@mastodon.green
2026-04-01T17:14:15Z
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@aral cheaty cheaters cheating as they cheat
(DIR) Post #B4rANZhkZ6lvIsg8ki by amberage@eldritch.cafe
2026-04-01T17:16:55Z
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@aral let me rephrase: "Just a screenshot of code, without context, isn't enough". Aka the info that this is from leaked code somewhere was missing for me to begin with, as someone who doesn't spend 24 hours a day keeping tabs on every single sloporation.
(DIR) Post #B4rBahaMfwZBSr30vw by GGMcBG@mstdn.plus
2026-04-01T17:30:27Z
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@aral "NEVER, GOOD, BAD"I'unno shit about coding, but that's my gigantic flag to never trust it.No explanations needed. Fuck, I long for the Great Unplugging.
(DIR) Post #B4rC1PBpB8u2EIInaq by trenchworms@eldritch.cafe
2026-04-01T17:35:08Z
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@aral this also tracks to the quality of commits we see from these muppets.a commit message that "describes only what the code change does" is worthless. in 95% of cases, you can see what the code change does by looking at the code. that's the whole fucking point.a commit message that doesn't contain the WHY is just fluff.but these people are only pretending to be serious developers so of course they just do the facsimile of serious development.
(DIR) Post #B4rFkzU1O2jNgZF4LY by km@mastodon.babb.no
2026-04-01T18:17:04Z
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@aral W.... T... F...
(DIR) Post #B4rIhodVYiNV2PrCKG by GalbinusCaeli@spacey.space
2026-04-01T18:50:05Z
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@aral I would also point out that they are submitting code that may contain elements of code covered by multiple license and copyright requirements. Probably without disclosing those sources.
(DIR) Post #B4rJfOvIHxW0fIaYu8 by PizzaV@infosec.exchange
2026-04-01T19:00:53Z
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@aral ooh you mean the source got leaked, i thought it was just opensource like gemini
(DIR) Post #B4rKcvYYbPSIxdL1P6 by windsheep@infosec.exchange
2026-04-01T19:11:43Z
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@aral Or maybe the idea to ban AI code is dumb, and it matters more that the projects are underfunded in the first place.Don't complain about the symptoms, when the cure is available ;)
(DIR) Post #B4rRXLGumO1EepMzdQ by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-01T20:29:09Z
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@PizzaV Yep, the former.
(DIR) Post #B4rmK3IIPIJ0AoWIgi by Littlebobbytables@mstdn.social
2026-04-02T00:22:00Z
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@aral Maybe someone will make a clean-room version of Windows or MacIS?
(DIR) Post #B4rqY5tDx8vw5ukBl2 by raganwald@social.bau-ha.us
2026-04-02T01:09:13Z
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@aral Let's say someone tells me they wrote some code. And it's good. And I incorporate it. Later I discover that although there are no copyright or other IP problems, they didn't write the code, they hired someone to write it and lied to me.I don't really care about the difference between AI and a gig worker. It's more that I never want anything to do with someone who treats me as an NPC to be cheat-coded.This is a people problem, not a technical problem.
(DIR) Post #B4rsHWbTZvaPvmfZNA by Megawatt@infosec.exchange
2026-04-02T01:28:42Z
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@aral TMRFTSGOP; didn’t read. (Too many replies from the same group of people over and over)
(DIR) Post #B4s8X5blJSnm6eFNBo by cwbussard@ioc.exchange
2026-04-02T04:30:47Z
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@aral @aredridel What the hell people?! The intentional dishonesty is the obvious problem. Grapple with **that**. All this "it's just a tool" nonsense, and "actually it does do something akin to learning" nonsense, and all the other BS is entirely beside the point. (It's also all BS, but I'm not going to engage with it because it's beside the point.)
(DIR) Post #B4t2h2Xr9POEw3k2Oe by LeDiva@lediva.masto.host
2026-04-02T15:00:07Z
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@aral They do sentiment analysis via regex. I can not fathom how someone looks at this and says "yep, please take all my money and put this in absolutely everything".
(DIR) Post #B4tnDkQ49rt4ARdF8S by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-02T23:41:34Z
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@LeDiva The reason: because the mainstream is mediocrity.