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Quoting Jannis Leidel

Simon Willison's Blog / 3/15/2026

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Key Points

  • Jannis Leidel argues that GitHub’s AI-generated spam—described as the “slopocalypse”—has made Jazzband’s open-membership and shared push-access model untenable.
  • He notes that in a world where only about 1 in 10 AI-generated PRs meets project standards, an organization that grants push access to everyone cannot operate safely.
  • The quotation situates this problem within broader AI governance challenges, citing related coverage about AI-driven PRs and platform responses such as kill switches.
  • The entry is presented on Simon Willison’s blog as a curated quotation, posted on 14th March 2026, under the label “Sunsetting Jazzband.”

14th March 2026

GitHub’s slopocalypse – the flood of AI-generated spam PRs and issues – has made Jazzband’s model of open membership and shared push access untenable.

Jazzband was designed for a world where the worst case was someone accidentally merging the wrong PR. In a world where only 1 in 10 AI-generated PRs meets project standards, where curl had to shut down its bug bounty because confirmation rates dropped below 5%, and where GitHub’s own response was a kill switch to disable pull requests entirely – an organization that gives push access to everyone who joins simply can’t operate safely anymore.

Jannis Leidel, Sunsetting Jazzband

Posted 14th March 2026 at 6:41 pm

This is a quotation collected by Simon Willison, posted on 14th March 2026.

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