Enterprise use of open source AI coding is changing the ROI calculation

Coders are understandably complaining about AI coding problems, with the technology often delivering what’s become known as “AI slop,” but their concerns are signaling a more strategic issue about how enterprises calculate coding ROI. The issues, according to IT analysts and consultants, go far beyond vastly faster production of code accompanied by the kinds of…

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Open source maintainers are being targeted by AI agent as part of ‘reputation farming’

AI agents able to submit huge numbers of pull requests (PRs) to open-source project maintainers risk creating the conditions for future supply chain attacks targeting important software projects, developer security company Socket has argued. The warning comes after one of its developers, Nolan Lawson, last week received an email regarding the PouchDB JavaScript database he…

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OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder as AI agent race intensifies

OpenAI has hired Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral OpenClaw AI assistant, to spearhead development of what CEO Sam Altman describes as “the next generation of personal agents.” The move comes weeks after OpenClaw, previously known as Clawdbot and then Moltbot, achieved explosive popularity despite security researchers warning of serious vulnerabilities in the open-source tool. Steinberger will join OpenAI…

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