AI Contributions to Open Source (cURL, Linux) Now 'Genuinely Useful' — Counter-Narrative to AI Slop Crisis

HackerOne / r/singularity (175↑, 19cmts)·medium signal

A r/singularity post (175↑, 19cmts) links to HackerOne's cURL hacktivity page as evidence that AI-generated security contributions to major open source projects are now producing genuinely useful results, after months of 'AI Slopageddon' coverage. This is a significant counter-narrative: cURL maintainer Daniel Stenberg shut down the project's bug bounty in January 2026 due to hallucinated AI reports, but quality appears to have improved as AI tools matured. The post argues the quality floor has risen enough to cross the 'useful' threshold.