FYI, the article was presumably taken down because many of the quotes turned out to have been fabricated, and they said they were investigating this. (I don’t think that they are trying to cover up anything, just that they have not gotten around to written an official response yet, given that this is a recent development.)
I think it’s best to leave the post link as is. I don’t want to point people to misinformation. I’ve added a post description instead with context and the archive link. If people downvote this post because of the 404, so be it.
FYI, the article was presumably taken down because many of the quotes turned out to have been fabricated, and they said they were investigating this. (I don’t think that they are trying to cover up anything, just that they have not gotten around to written an official response yet, given that this is a recent development.)
Of course they were fabricated, by an AI.
More seriously, which quotes were you referring to?
Sounds like the quotes from the person that wrote the blog
https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116065340523529645
Ugh, that is utterly disappointing to see from Ars Technica. Here’s a bit of context about it: https://mastodon.social/@nikclayton/116065459933532659
Fortunately, the article was already archived, for what it’s worth: https://web.archive.org/web/20260213194851/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name/
You should edit your original post to use the archive link, as the main link now leads to a 404 error…
Why link to falsehoods without context?
I didn’t write the article, neither did OP.
If the article is false, well so be it, but at least the supposedly false article was archived.
Sometimes, even if an article proves to be false, readers in the future might still be curious what all the article said or claimed.
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I think it’s best to leave the post link as is. I don’t want to point people to misinformation. I’ve added a post description instead with context and the archive link. If people downvote this post because of the 404, so be it.
That’s actually the even more proper way to handle it, thanks for the update 👍