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fromInfoQ
1 week ago

GitHub's Points to a More Global, AI-Challenged Open Source Ecosystem in 2026

Open source faces unprecedented scale with 36 million new developers joining GitHub in 2025, requiring formal governance structures and strategies to manage AI-generated low-quality contributions.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

GitHub ponders kill switch for pull requests to stop AI slop

"We've been hearing from you that you're dedicating substantial time to reviewing contributions that do not meet project quality standards for a number of reasons - they fail to follow project guidelines, are frequently abandoned shortly after submission, and are often AI-generated," Moraes wrote. "As AI continues to reshape software development workflows and the nature of open source collaboration, I want you to know that we are actively investigating this problem and developing both immediate and longer-term strategic solutions."
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