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OpenCode User Hit with Hostile Backlash After Reporting Free AI Loophole

Socket reports on a GitHub issue in the OpenCode tracker describing a bypass of per-IP usage limits on free hosted models, using a VPN to switch addresses. The reporter first urged account-based limits, then claimed to run 130 concurrent agents through the loophole. After the issue drew harassment it was deleted. Whether OpenCode fixed the bypass in October 2026 stays unclear.

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AnomalySocketDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash+3

coding-agents, ai-policy· 2026-10-29T16:20:11.979+00:00

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vlt 1.5.0 Adds Agent Skills Management

vlt 1.5.0 adds a `vlt skills` command that finds agent skills (SKILL.md folders) in installed JavaScript dependencies and links them into directories coding agents read, such as .agents/skills and .claude/skills. Selections are saved as allow-skills in vlt.json, tied to the lockfile version, and kept current on install and update. Without a saved selection, linking defaults to :not(:malware) using Socket malware alerts. pnpm 12.11.0 added similar linking.

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SocketSarah Goodingagent-browser

coding-agents, prompting· 2026-10-21T02:27:15.112+00:00

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arXiv Is Rate Limiting Authors Following a Flood of AI Slop Submissions

Reports that arXiv now caps each submitter at two submissions per calendar month, on top of the existing three-active-submission limit, with rejected papers counting toward the cap. It gives the data behind the change: 40,363 submissions in September, up from 20,569 a year earlier, cs.AI growing more than sixfold in two years, and the rejection rate rising from about 4% to 10–12%. It also covers the earlier measures (no CS review or position papers without peer review, stricter endorsement, one-year bans for unchecked AI output) and researcher criticism of applying the cap to everyone.

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arXivThomas DietterichRalph Wijers+7

ai-policy· 2026-10-09T14:44:50.809+00:00