{"slug": "ibm-grapevine-development-outsourced-to-llm-slop-and-it-results-in-many-bugs", "title": "IBM Grapevine: Development Outsourced to LLM Slop and It Results in Many Bugs", "summary": "IBM insiders report that the company's outsourcing of development work to large language models has produced numerous bugs, according to posts on TheLayoff.com cited in a Techrights report. The same report says IBM staff rank in the top 10 of Linux kernel contributors flagged as \"sloppers,\" naming Paolo Abeni, and that further layoffs are expected next week, including \"silent\" cuts at Red Hat.", "body_md": "# IBM Grapevine: Development Outsourced to LLM Slop and It Results in Many Bugs\n\nCheapening things with LLMs and [*\"we’ve had a bunch of bugs because of it\"*](https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m35fy4x1) (IBM staff is in top 10 of  [Linux sloppers](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/23/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_8_In_Conclusion.shtml), e.g.  [Paolo Abeni](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/21/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_6_Seeing_Who_Contaminates.shtml)):\n\nThe old joke goes, \"I\" in IBM is not international and the \"I\" in \"AI\" is not intelligence either. The punchline is considered racist even if in many cases it is an accurate description of IBM's workforce and demographic tidal wave.\n\nEarlier today  [we showed that IBM gravitates towards fraud](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/23/IBM_s_Anderon_Already_Smells_Like_a_Fraud_and_IBM_Insiders_Heck.shtml), next week many layoffs are  [expected](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/17/Red_Hat_PIPs_The_Only_Question_is_How_Many.shtml) (['silently' at Red Hat](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/19/Red_Hat_Lost_2_000_Staff_Net_Loss.shtml)), and later in the same month IBM can disappoint the \"market\" again and drop *another* 32%. Who keeps track at this stage, seeing that the \"market value\" of IBM is closely connected to or depends lies told by IBM to shareholders or by mainstream media __for__ IBM?\n\nIBM is circling down the drain and every insider knows it. [█](#top)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ibm-grapevine-development-outsourced-to-llm-slop-and-it-results-in-many-bugs", "canonical_source": "https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/23/IBM_Grapevine_Development_Outsourced_to_LLM_Slop_and_It_Results.shtml", "published_at": "2026-09-23 21:16:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-23 21:31:35.436240+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["IBM", "Red Hat", "Linux", "Paolo Abeni", "TheLayoff.com", "Techrights"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ibm-grapevine-development-outsourced-to-llm-slop-and-it-results-in-many-bugs", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ibm-grapevine-development-outsourced-to-llm-slop-and-it-results-in-many-bugs.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ibm-grapevine-development-outsourced-to-llm-slop-and-it-results-in-many-bugs.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ibm-grapevine-development-outsourced-to-llm-slop-and-it-results-in-many-bugs.jsonld"}}