AI co-authored commits: 3 open-source projects in 2023, 686 of 874 in 2026
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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
Borehole's count of 984 public open-source projects shows AI agents declared as co-authors on commits rising sharply: 3 projects in 2023 versus 686 of 874 by October 2026, with the average share of commits rising from 1.2% in 2025 to 8.9% in 2026.
Why it ranked
No. 71 of 155 with a score of 0.60. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.93) and substantiated (0.79), lowest on technical depth (0.49). The judges disagreed most on technical depth (spread 0.49), so the story is marked contested.
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- Data study of AI co-authored commits across 984 open-source projects; a useful measurement with fresh numbers, but methodology is opaque, largely a dataset rather than a deep technical piece, and it has a promotional tail.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- A novel, quantified survey of AI-attributed commits and contribution policies across 984 repositories, with clear methodology and useful diligence implications; evidence is substantial but limited by self-reported declarations and repository sampling.
Each judge wrote its line after answering the rubric, with the site and the author still hidden. Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.60total under rubric v2.2Contestedjudges differ by 0.49 on technical depth
- Significance0.57
- Reader interest0.73
- Audience breadth0.70
- Practical relevance0.61
- Substantiated0.79
- Technical depth0.49
- New information0.93
- Counts against: Promotional0.14
- Counts against: Overclaim0.28
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.64 | 0.40 | 0.68 | 0.57 | 0.28 | +0.24 | +0.137 |
| Reader interest | 0.72 | 0.60 | 0.86 | 0.73 | 0.26 | +0.26 | +0.189 |
| Audience breadth | 0.77 | 0.60 | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.17 | +0.13 | +0.091 |
| Practical relevance | 0.67 | 0.45 | 0.70 | 0.61 | 0.25 | +0.22 | +0.133 |
| Substantiated | 0.94 | 0.60 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.34 | +0.05 | +0.039 |
| Technical depth | 0.69 | 0.20 | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.49 , above the contested threshold | +0.05 | +0.025 |
| New information | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 0.08 | +0.05 | +0.047 |
| Promotional | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.20 | −0.19 | −0.027 |
| Overclaim | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.08 | 0.28 | 0.32 | −0.11 | −0.030 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.604 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.604 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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Elsewhere: HN 1 pts, not on front page
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