#curl creator mulls nixing bug bounty awards to stop AI slop
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Curl creator mulls nixing bug bounty awards to stop AI slop
: Maintainers struggle to handle growing flow of low-quality bug reports written by botsThomas Claburn (The Register)
Koutsie
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Andrew Nesbitt
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •daniel:// stenberg://
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •the same in Norwegian: kode24.no/artikkel/curl-orker-…
and on slashdot: it.slashdot.org/story/25/07/16…
Curl: Orker ikke mer AI-søppel – vurderer å droppe 'bug bounties'
Kurt Lekanger (kode24)Thomas Thyberg
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Good name in norwegian.
På svenska? "AI-slask"
JamesB192
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •in order to claim a bug bounty post slop, you must provide a modest yet significant escrow, your missile coordinates, selfie, true name and of course steps to reproduce without sacrificing a chicken.
Most of the former are to discourage sloppers with poverty and suffering, or at least attempt it.
Jacob Christian Munch-Andersen
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