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Public story · 2026-03-03 · source-backed
The collateral damage is becoming measurable: cURL's bug bounty program shut down because 20% of submissions were AI-generated (mostly garbage), Ghostty banned AI-written contributions entirely, Tailwind's documentation traffic dropped 40% and revenue fell 80% as AI agents consume docs without visiting the site. The feedback loop — AI trained on open source, users use AI instead of visiting source projects, projects lose revenue to sustain development — is now quantified. InfoQ
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Both cover Ghostty, InfoQ; cite the same source (InfoQ); overlapping topics (banned, bounty, contribution, curl, project).
Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Both cover Ghostty, InfoQ; overlapping topics (ai-generated, banned, bounty, coding); earlier Ghostty coverage from 2026-02-26.
Shared entity: InfoQ / Same source
Both cover InfoQ; cite the same source (InfoQ).
Shared entity: InfoQ / Same source domain / What happened next
Both cover InfoQ; reported by the same outlet (infoq.com); picks up the InfoQ thread on 2026-08-09.
Both cover InfoQ; reported by the same outlet (infoq.com); picks up the InfoQ thread on 2026-08-03.
Shared entity: Tailwind / Shared topic / What happened next
Both cover Tailwind; overlapping topics (agent, becoming); picks up the Tailwind thread on 2026-07-31.
Shared entity: InfoQ / Same source domain / What happened next
Both cover InfoQ; reported by the same outlet (infoq.com); picks up the InfoQ thread on 2026-07-13.
Shared entity: Ghostty / Shared topic / What happened next
Both cover Ghostty; overlapping topics (development, project); picks up the Ghostty thread on 2026-04-29.