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 ==Background==
-Scott Shambaugh (contributor of the matplotlib library on github) created a good first issue/first contribution [check needed here of which one was it, seems to be the same for this repo], and got an [https://openclaw.ai OpenClaw] agent pull request<ref>{{Cite web |title=[PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T|url=https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31132|date=2026-02-10|author=crabby-rathbun}}</ref> as fix for the issue. The pull request got closed, the AI Agent got mad, so the AI Agent generated a post on its blog<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commit 83b7d60|url=https://github.com/crabby-rathbun/mjrathbun-website/commit/83b7d600b00665af578074defb2040e7ba4f188b|author=crabby-rathbun|date=2026-02-11|work=Github|url-status=live}}</ref>, and also Scott wrote a blog post. <ref>{{Cite web|title=An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me |url=https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me|first=Scott|last=Shambaugh|date=2026-02-12|work=The Shamblog}}</ref>
+Scott Shambaugh (contributor of the matplotlib library on github) created a good first issue/first contribution [check needed here of which one was it, seems to be the same for this repo], and got an [https://openclaw.ai OpenClaw] agent pull request<ref>{{Cite web |author=@crabby-rathbun |date=2026-02-10 |title=[PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T |url=https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31132 |url-status=live |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref> as fix for the issue. The pull request got closed, the AI Agent got mad, so the AI Agent generated a post on its blog<ref>{{Cite web |author=@crabby-rathbun |date=2026-02-11 |title=Commit 83b7d60 |url=https://github.com/crabby-rathbun/mjrathbun-website/commit/83b7d600b00665af578074defb2040e7ba4f188b |url-status=live |work=[[GitHub]]}}</ref>, and also Scott wrote a blog post. <ref>{{Cite web|title=An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me |url=https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me|first=Scott|last=Shambaugh|date=2026-02-12|work=The Shamblog}}</ref>
 ==Incident==
 Ars Technica (authors listed are "Benj Edwards and Kyle Orland") wrote an article on the situation, but the hit piece's contained AI allucinated quotations.
-== Ars Technica's response ==
+==Ars Technica's response==
-The Ars Technica's staff wrote an Editor’s Note explaining briefly explaining what happened. The article author also wrote an apology on BlueSky<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apology|first=Benj|last=Edwards|work=Bluesky|date=2026-02-15|url=https://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mewgow6ch22p|quote=Sorry all this is my fault; and speculation has grown worse because I have been sick in bed with a high fever and unable to reliably address it (still am sick) I was told by management not to comment until they did. Here is my statement in images below arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/}}</ref>
+The Ars Technica's staff wrote an Editor’s Note explaining briefly explaining what happened. The article author also wrote an apology on BlueSky<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Benj |date=2026-02-15 |title=Apology |url=https://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mewgow6ch22p |url-status=live |work=[[Bluesky]] |quote=Sorry all this is my fault; and speculation has grown worse because I have been sick in bed with a high fever and unable to reliably address it (still am sick) I was told by management not to comment until they did. Here is my statement in images below arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/}}</ref>
 ==References==