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https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/03/rsync-goes-ai-slop-breaks-your-backups/ - blog post 

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Sources:

• rsync https://rsync.samba.org/
• So my systems recently updated to rsync 3.4.3 https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@JeremiahFieldhaven/116654345332213390
• OpenRsync https://www.openrsync.org/
• I plan to package openrsync this weekend in alpine as an alternative to rsync https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/116659903024289081
• rsync: Consider reverting to pre-LLM version https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1138239
• rsync and outrage https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0
• Tridge returns to rsync https://lwn.net/Articles/968732/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c1DC-gNizQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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