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862 AI Can Clone Open-Source Software In Minutes

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/01/2026 17:00 EDT

AI Can Clone Open-Source Software In Minutes

ZipNada writes: Two software researchers recently demonstrated how modern AI tools can reproduce entire open-source projects, creating proprietary versions that appear both functional and legally distinct. The partly-satirical demonstration shows how quickly artificial intelligence can blur long-standing boundaries between coding innovation, copyright law, and the open-source principles that underpin much of the modern internet.

In their presentation, Dylan Ayrey, founder of Truffle Security, and Mike Nol

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