Appearances Can Be Something

Appearances Can Be Something
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Plot twist of the century: FFmpeg is thanking an AI company for patches, and when someone asks why they're not upset about AI-generated code, the response is pure goldโ€”"Because the patches appear to be written by humans."

So either Anthropic's AI has gotten so good it's indistinguishable from human developers, or someone at Anthropic is actually reviewing and polishing the AI output before submitting. Either way, FFmpeg just delivered the most diplomatic burn in open-source history. They're basically saying "your AI code is acceptable because it doesn't look like AI slop," which is simultaneously a compliment and a savage indictment of typical AI-generated pull requests.

The real kicker? They're calling it "Project Glasswing" to help secure critical software. Nothing says "urgent security initiative" quite like having to clarify that your patches don't read like a neural network had a stroke.

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