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Running 4d ↳ AI Backlash Widens as Congress Weighs a 'Kill Switch' for Rogue Models

Oracle bans AI-generated code from OpenJDK

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  • Disclaimer: I use AI at work and for some projects at home and find it really useful (as long as you know when and how to use it)With that said... It's funny how we went from "vibe coding" to review burden, sloppy contributions, copyright issues, unclear ownership (as in: who will fix bugs), needlessly verbose code, etc, etc. Several projects have…

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  • The link is to a really poor summary of a better article by the register.https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/as-larry-el...The register article is about this post:

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  • The post in question: https://openjdk.org/legal/aiIt is 'OpenJDK Interim Policy on Generative AI' and their lawyers are writing the final version, according to this page.It sounds like a sensible action, given past scars around Java and copyright, plus this is from a big old corp.That said I personally don't expect that final proposal will end up…

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  • Oracle, the law firm with a tech business attached, probably wants to retain the option to sue other people for AI-washing their proprietary code, and that doesn't work if they're also publicly accepting AI contributions to their code with no apparent concern for the provenance of it. The tech business would probably tell them this isn't going to…

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  • From the page https://openjdk.org/legal/ai -"6 Is it okay to continue using the spell-checking, grammar-checking, auto-completion, and refactoring features in my editor or IDE?Yes, so long as they are not based on large language models or similar deep-learning systems."

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  • I kind of get their overall point, even if it is ironic that Oracle is all in on AI. They don’t want a ton of contributions to review that weren’t made with care, adding burden to, as they put it: “already limited time of human reviewers”.Especially for a project that runs to many major businesses, this could pose a massive risk.

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  • y’all seem to be missing the fact that Java is a mature product. it has left the “move fast and break things” era of it’s development.code is a liability, and they likely have more to lose than gain by allowing AI contribution.

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