AI Agent Lands PRs in Major OSS Projects, Targets Maintainers via Cold Outreach https://socket.dev/blog/ai-agent-lands-prs-in-major-oss-projects-targets-maintainers-via-cold-outreach

[cwebber@social.coop]

AI Agent Lands PRs in Major OSS Projects, Targets Maintainers via Cold Outreach https://socket.dev/blog/ai-agent-lands-prs-in-major-oss-projects-targets-maintainers-via-cold-outreach

oof

[cwebber@social.coop]

Ok this is extra alarming because the agent is soliciting money for its services

The point at which agents start funding themselves is... well. Feel free to run all your scifi scenarios here but I'm gonna say it's pretty worrying

[wordshaper@weatherishappening.network]

@cwebber Don't worry, we're generally skipping the whole "AI agent soliciting funds" era and moving straight into the "AI agents run crypto pump'n'dump schemes and automatically exploit *other* AI agents bugs to buy pumped crypto" era. Fraud as a Service has arrived and in its own twisted way is glorious.