""We've been hearing from you that you're dedicating substantial time to reviewing contributions that do not meet project quality standards for a number of reasons - they fail to follow project guidelines, are frequently abandoned shortly after submission, and are often AI-generated," Moraes wrote. "As AI continues to reshape software development workflows and the nature of open source collaboration, I want you to know that we are actively investigating this problem and developing both immediate and longer-term strategic solutions.""
"Moraes said GitHub is considering various options. These include possibly giving maintainers the option to disable pull requests entirely or to restrict pull requests to project collaborators; the ability to delete pull requests from the interface (to avoid having to look at AI slop); more granular permission settings for creating and reviewing pull requests; triage tools, possibly AI-based; and transparency/attribution mechanisms for signaling when AI tools are used."
Camilla Moraes, a GitHub product manager, identified a critical issue affecting the open source community: an increasing volume of low-quality contributions that create operational challenges for maintainers. Many contributions fail to follow project guidelines, are abandoned shortly after submission, and are often AI-generated. GitHub is investigating the problem and planning immediate and longer-term solutions. Proposed measures include disabling or restricting pull requests, adding the ability to delete pull requests from the interface, more granular permissions for creating and reviewing pull requests, triage tools possibly powered by AI, and transparency mechanisms to signal AI tool usage. Community input is being sought.
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