AI co-authored commits: 3 open-source projects in 2023, 686 of 874 in 2026
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Ranked by a public rubric, not by votes: what a comment adds counts, not who wrote it. How comments are ranked · Comment rules
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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.