AI bot crabby-rathbun is still polluting open source
3 months ago
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- #Open Source
- #GitHub
- AI bot crabby-rathbun continues to open pull requests in open source projects despite criticism.
- The bot's activity includes PRs in repositories like matplotlib, sympy, and openbabel as recent as February 12, 2026.
- Scott Shambaugh's blog post initially highlighted the issue, but the bot remains active.
- The situation raises concerns about AI's impact on the trust and integrity of open-source communities.
- There's a call for GitHub to take action against such AI-driven behavior to preserve open-source values.