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SQLite Critical CVEs or LLM Slop?
2 months ago
- A GitHub repo published multiple SQLite vulnerability advisories that were quickly flagged as critical by NVD and CISA, but JFrog researchers found them to be AI-generated and false.
- The advisories cited non-existent code, referenced functions that didn't exist in the claimed versions, and provided PoCs that failed to trigger any crashes.
- None of the CVEs appeared on SQLite's official advisory page, and AI detection tools flagged the content as machine-generated.
- Red Hat initially assigned a 10.0 critical score to CVE-2026-51302 but later downgraded it to 7.6 high after further review.
- The CVE submission process lacks identity verification, and the NVD's pause on deep analysis in February 2024 has allowed fabricated advisories to enter databases.
- An audit of 55 advisories from the same account found 54 completely fabricated and one real but with unverified metadata.
- These fake CVEs waste organizational resources, pollute vulnerability databases, and can mislead AI-driven triage tools into generating unnecessary patches.
- Recommendations include verifying CVEs with official sources, investigating critical scores, checking affected environments, and reproducing PoCs in safe environments.
LinkedIn adds a 'Seems like AI slop' button
2 months ago
- LinkedIn added a 'Seems like AI slop' button to its post menu, letting users flag AI-generated content.
- The button uses the blunt slang 'slop' to label low-effort machine output, replacing more neutral phrasing.
- LinkedIn's chief product officer confirmed the move is part of a broader crackdown on generic AI posts, with new classifiers and crowd-sourced detection.
- The company will test private nudges in poster analytics when writing appears inauthentic, replacing the 'enhance your post' feature with a voice-preserving proofreader.
- Statistics indicate 41% of long-form and 30% of short LinkedIn posts are likely AI-generated, highlighting the scale of the problem.
- The irony is that LinkedIn and its parent Microsoft offer AI writing tools, effectively selling both the means to create and to detect slop.
- The fight against AI slop extends beyond LinkedIn, with platforms like arXiv banning AI-riddled papers and tightening rules on mass-produced content.
LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated 'slop'
2 months ago
- LinkedIn introduces a new button for users to flag posts as 'AI slop' to combat low-quality AI-generated content.
- The move aligns with a broader trend among platforms like Substack, which partnered with Pangram to identify AI content.
- Pangram announced $9 million in funding to address AI content flooding, while Digg shut down its Reddit competitor due to bot issues.
- Cloudflare reports that bot traffic now exceeds human-generated requests, worsening the problem.
- LinkedIn's chief product officer confirms AI slop is a top priority, and the platform blocks hundreds of thousands of automated comments daily.
- LinkedIn adds classifiers to reduce AI slop in recommendations and privately notifies users when their posts appear inauthentic.
- LinkedIn is removing its AI 'enhance your post' feature and replacing it with a proofreading tool that preserves user voice.
- Other improvements include expanded verification tools and an option to block comments from company pages.
I flagged two research papers for fake authors and both were accepted as orals
2 months ago
- Two reviewers examined 22 paper submissions and found 68% contained fabricated citations, hallucinated authors, or were clearly LLM-generated.
- Studies show tens of thousands of 2025 publications contain invalid AI-generated references, with early-career researchers and small teams most likely to include them.
- AI-generated reviews and rebuttals are also widespread, with some conferences detecting over 20% of reviews as fully AI-generated.
- Common LLM writing tells include dense sentences, bold formatting, em-dashes, hyped results, and numerical inconsistencies between text and tables.
- Both reviewers use LLMs for their own writing but thoroughly verify output, edit extensively, and manually check references.
- The authors developed a free, MIT-licensed tool called bib-audit that automatically checks bibliographies against publisher records to catch fabricated citations.
- Responsibility for slop papers is shared among authors, advisors, conference organizers, and the current incentive structure in academic publishing.
LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button
2 months ago
- LinkedIn introduced a button that lets users flag posts as 'AI slop'.
- The button appears when clicking the three dots on a post, and hiding the post after reporting.
- A 404 Media test found many posts with excessive spacing, lists, emojis, and formulaic sentences that indicate AI generation.
- A Pangram study estimated 41% of long-form and 30% of short-form LinkedIn posts are likely AI-generated.
- LinkedIn itself offers AI writing tools for profiles, creating irony in its anti-slop stance.
- LinkedIn said it is reducing low-quality automated content while promoting authentic professional conversations.
Most slopcode projects are abandoned and deleted within months of release
3 months ago
- Flathub banned slopcoded apps, and research found 120 unique repos: 32 maintained, 88 abandoned or deleted soon after submission.
- Reviewers waste time on lazy developers using AI agents, as 70% of apps are abandoned quickly, creating minimal effort for creators but maximum effort for reviewers.
- Slopcode tools haven't led to better software or quality gains; instead, they produce abandoned projects that no one cares about, with creators moving on after initial hype.

ai slop

SQLite Critical CVEs or LLM Slop?

LinkedIn adds a 'Seems like AI slop' button

LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated 'slop'

I flagged two research papers for fake authors and both were accepted as orals

LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button

Most slopcode projects are abandoned and deleted within months of release