Flathub has replaced its blanket ban on AI-generated applications with a disclosure requirement. Reviewers can still reject submissions, and manifests remain off-limits for AI-generated content.
Flathub has replaced its blanket ban on AI-generated applications with a disclosure requirement. Reviewers can still reject submissions, and manifests remain off-limits for AI-generated content.
I think they should just create a policy where unmaintained software gets removed? Or flagged where it’s easy to filter out.
Most AI slop just gets abandoned, but a real developer who wants to maintain FOSS software long term with some AI assistance is quite a different thing.
An unforeseen consequence from AI Slop is that normal people can now create quite handy software for niche use cases, but the barrier to entry is so low that those people often abandon it quickly too. Rather than security risks, abandonedware is starting to become a bigger problem.
I don’t know about other normal people, but I’m certainly actively maintaining my own vibecoded apps as long as it’s affordable to do so. By that I mean they give me the niche functionality I want & new features are not added anymore, but if a pillow or pyqt update breaks my app, I may figure out how to fix it even on my own.