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Rsync opens the slopgates, regressions and bugs ensue

Andrew Tridgell, developer of rsync, has published a blog post addressing the massive surge in "AI" code submissions and the string of regressions supposedly caused by them. He explains rsync was flooded with "AI"-generated security reports, and he couldn't handle the volumes anymore.

As this flood started to get mo

https://www.osnews.com/story/145198/rsync-opens-the-slopgates-regressions-and-bugs-ensue/

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Firefox nightly gets “AI” kill switch

After a seemingly endless stream of tone deaf news from Mozilla, we've finally got some good news for Firefox users. As the company's been hinting at for a while on social media now, they've added an "AI" kill switch to the latest Firefox nightly release, as well as a set of toggles to disable specific "AI" features.

You can choose to use some of the

https://www.osnews.com/story/144321/firefox-nightly-gets-ai-kill-switch/

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