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Re:Postgres 19 is late, and it's AI's fault by pixl97 on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:39AM (#50336673)
Well, the AI model is your supply chain in this case.
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Re:Postgres 19 is late, and it's AI's fault by VMG on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:46AM (#50336729)
most model providers have a direct financial incentive to make sure that the code that is produced is not backdoored
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Re:Postgres 19 is late, and it's AI's fault by pixl97 on Monday November 02, 2026 @09:30AM (#50337312)
I mean that is true for anyone that sells software. That doesn't mean it's not a hard problem.
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Re:Postgres 19 is late, and it's AI's fault by cowlevel on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:23PM (#50347640)
That would be an indirect incentive (reputation). The direct incentive is to add a backdoor.
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Re:Postgres 19 is late, and it's AI's fault by VMG on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:56AM (#50350021)
good point!
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