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New Rule Forbids GNOME Shell Extensions Made Using AI Generated Code (www.phoronix.com)
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The GNOME.org Extensions hosting for GNOME Shell extensions will no longer accept new contributions with AI-generated code. A new rule has been added to their review guidelines to forbid AI-generated code.

Due to the growing number of GNOME Shell extensions looking to appear on extensions.gnome.org that were generated using AI, it's now prohibited. The new rule in their guidelines note that AI-generated code will be explicitly rejected

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[-] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

# Optional but [...]

edit to explain my very vague comment: ChatGPT loves to offer code with some lines commented as "Optional [... explanation]". You can easily tell AI code when the monologuing comments are left in

this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2025
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