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r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers and more

On Saturday evening, the r/opensource moderators issued new rules prohibiting the submission of any open-source projects that are used by, generated by, or targeted at AI; they also require that projects be at least one year old, have multiple maintainers and be actively maintained. Additionally, they explicitly stated that posts from non-English-speaking users will not be accepted, citing an inability to distinguish between AI-translated and AI-generated content.

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r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers and more

On Saturday evening, the r/opensource moderators issued new rules prohibiting the submission of any open-source projects that are used by, generated by, or targeted at AI; they also require that projects be at least one year old, have multiple maintainers and be actively maintained. Additionally, they explicitly stated that posts from non-English-speaking users will not be accepted, citing an inability to distinguish between AI-translated and AI-generated content.

r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers and more
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