A newly-published paper entitled "Vibe coding kills open source" makes the claim that everyone's favourite new hobby—that is, using AI tools to code their own products—is actively damaging the developers of open source software.
"Vibe coding raises productivity by lowering the cost of using and building on existing code, but it also weakens the user engagement through which many maintainers earn returns," says the paper, which was authored by several experts from various universities and institutes on the topic.
