The rsync backup tool broke after a maintainer integrated AI-generated code, causing incremental backups to fail. Distributions like Alpine Linux and Debian are considering migrating to the openrsync …
Andrew Tridgell, the developer of rsync, has integrated AI-generated code into the project, resulting in a flood of 16,000 lines of new code and 6,000 lines removed within weeks, causing regressions a…
Andrew Tridgell, the maintainer of the open-source file synchronization tool rsync, has publicly defended his use of AI and LLM tools to address a surge in security reports and improve the software's …
The maintainer of rsync, Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, introduced bugs in version 3.4.3 after using the AI model Claude to write code, causing incremental backups to fail and data to be lost. Since versio…