With all the discussion around detecting when a code repo contains commits authored by an LLM, I think it is important to note commits like the following in Mozilla Firefox from 2 weeks ago:

[sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social]

With all the discussion around detecting when a code repo contains commits authored by an LLM, I think it is important to note commits like the following in Mozilla Firefox from 2 weeks ago:

"Bug 2011195 - When an agent commits, don't add itself as author"

Bug 2011195 - When an agent commits, don't add itself as author r=ai4… · mozilla-firefox/firefox@71cc24b

The official repository of Mozilla's Firefox web browser. - Bug 2011195 - When an agent commits, don't add itself as author r=ai4… · mozilla-firefox/firefox@71cc24b

GitHub (github.com)

I don't think it's a good thing that Mozilla seem to be explicitly encouraging unattributed LLM code in Firefox.

[pinskia@hachyderm.io]

@sarahjamielewis They even have a full bugzilla section:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&component=AI%20for%20Development&product=Developer%20Infrastructure

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@sarahjamielewis JFC 8-(

[mallory@hachyderm.io]

@sarahjamielewis Good that they’re not pretending a machine is a person. Bad that they’re not coming up with a new git footer to document their bad decisions.

[lexinova@cyberplace.social]

@sarahjamielewis they are jalous of the number of crashing bug in Windows, they also want new crash on each update ...

they are unredeemable, techbro cancer killed them, if google and co jump of the bridge they will follow.

[realaaa@mastodon.au]

@sarahjamielewis thanks for the link !

Interesting, seems counter to the discussions like this one yes

Exploring Solutions to Tackle Low-Quality Contributions on GitHub · community · Discussion #185387

Exploring Solutions to Tackle Low-Quality Contributions on GitHub

GitHub (github.com)

[jbowen@mast.hpc.social]

@sarahjamielewis
Yet another reason to abandon Firefox and Mozilla in general.

Edit: Use NetSurf, Ladybird, or Lynx. Or just curl or wget.

[mmu_man@m.g3l.org]

@sarahjamielewis OTOH I'd think having a real human to blame would be less bad than a machine…

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@sarahjamielewis

"Author... "

Lol

The producer of a "leperous distilment" needs a better word than author.

Something that says malicious laughter, incompetence and illegitimacy.

Maybe Shakespeare.

#ai

[linear@nya.social]

@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social according to my understanding of current copyright guidance in the United States, doing this means they forfeit their copyright to the entire Firefox codebase.

[tedmielczarek@mastodon.social]

@sarahjamielewis *sigh*

[linear@nya.social]

@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social attached excerpts are why i believe this. these come from this document, the Congressional Research Service's report on Generative Artificial Intelligence and
Copyright Law.

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/LSB/PDF/LSB10922/LSB10922.8.pdf

[slyborg@vmst.io]

@jbowen >not just reading the OTA traffic in Wireshark
You get used to it, I don’t even see the code, just “blonde… brunette… redhead…”

[fabrice@fosstodon.org]

@tedmielczarek @sarahjamielewis did you find agent commits before that date?