Look forward to seeing their assessment.

It says 24y in his profile - is that really the more senior at Ars?

An account that's 24 years old? That doesn't raise any warning flags for me, only possibly-positive ones.

Yes, unless the original owner is still involved Aurich is likely most senior left.

Ken is still the EIC of Ars, and has been for nearly 30 years now, likely longer than most of people in this thread have been alive.

You can literally read the staff directory without having to guess: https://arstechnica.com/staff-directory/

Most of the people working at Ars are the exact same people who have been working there for the better part of their entire existence (source: me) Most of them _are_ experts in their fields, and most are vastly more qualified in their fields than pretty much anyone else publishing online (both now and 20 years ago).

It seems that _certain kinds of individuals_ have had rose-colored glasses on about pretty much everything online, but for Ars especially for some reason.

They detest change in a publication that covers the reality of actual life and technology, rather that commit suicide and stay covering stuff the same way they did in 1997—which 8 people total want to read (and not pay for, by the way).

Ars has been operating at an exceptionally high level for their entire history and have outlasted many other flashes-in-the-pan which are now relegated to the dust bin of history.

Is Ken still actively involved? He seems to appear to clarify something and then disappear into the background until the next major change (I expect the article about this to be bylined to him, as is appropriate).

He is the Editor in Chief, so yes, he is involved.

His account on the Ars Forum is 24 years old. Aurich himself is much older (lol)

Just for completeness, the followup:

https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retractio...

And the original article has now been replaced with a brief paragraph on the retraction.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-reje...