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NetworkManager Works To Enforce AI Policy By Tricking AI Agents To Add A Canary

Last month the NetworkManager project adopted an AI coding policy where authors are responsible for 100% of the code they submit and must be able to explain it all. In an attempt to catch AI coding agents that may be trying to bypass their policy, they have added an interesting canary to the project to try to catch such patches so they can then be automatically dealt with...

NetworkManager Works To Enforce AI Policy By Tricking AI Agents To Add A Canary

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Last month the NetworkManager project adopted an AI coding policy where authors are responsible for 100% of the code they submit and must be able to explain it all.

In an attempt to catch AI coding agents that may be trying to bypass their policy, they have added an interesting canary to the project to try to catch such patches so they can then be automatically dealt...

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Last month the NetworkManager project adopted an AI coding policy where authors are responsible for 100% of the code they submit and must be able to explain it all. In an attempt to catch AI coding agents that may be trying to bypass their policy, they have added an interesting canary to the project to try to catch such patches so they can then be automatically dealt with...

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