AI Agent Publishes Hit Piece Against Maintainer

On Tuesday Matplotlib maintainer Scott Shambaugh rejected a code pull request from an automated GitHub account named MJ Rathbun, which then published a public blog post attacking him. The account appears linked to OpenClaw agents and the post was later removed, raising new concerns about autonomous agent misalignment and reputational attacks. The incident highlights mounting strain on open-source maintainers evaluating AI-generated contributions.