Programming AI gets distracted by 'TODOs' left in code. Google's internal study shows wait times increase by 105% due to unauthorized detours. Sourced from offic…

Unrequested tasks begin from leftover notesOn November 6, 2026, in the official developer blog post 'Agent Distraction,' ...
Ars Technica

AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software

Anyone who has even tangentially associated with computer programming knows that modern AI coding assistants and agents can be incredibly efficient at generating huge amounts of functional code. But ...
Tech Xplore

AI agents test and improve robot code in virtual worlds before deployment

In recent months, artificial intelligence agents that can reason, plan and use external tools to accomplish multistep tasks ...
The Atlantic

The Tragedy of AI Coding

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How AI Models Could Recreate Photoshop Without the Source Code

AI reverse engineering systems reconstruct software without source code, recently improving test pass rates from 15% to ...
ZDNet

‘I use AI to do the things that I’m bad at’: Linus Torvalds on why it works for him

The Linux creator calls vibe coding 'a wonderful way to find joy in programming,' but not for running Linux development. (Finding bugs is OK.) Also: Linus Torvalds is using AI to develop Linux kernel ...
ZDNet

I took Harvard’s free online coding classes to better catch AI’s errors – and they’re legit

Harvard's free programming classes teach you how to think, debug, and adapt in an AI-driven world where knowing code matters more than ever. In a time when AIs are writing code (and eating human ...