And open firmware, especially for routers.

So consumer grade routers are a security risk, but not ISP switches or server routers? That’s the opposite of what a state level actor would look for.

At least he dogfooded his vision. Too bad reality happened.

“There’s some legal, legalese you’ve got to work with, but everybody’s working with us on this,” he said. “I can’t even tell you how many different corporate America, Google, Apple, Meta, all these companies have said, ‘Whatever you need, Sheriff, they’re there,’ and we’re utilizing that leverage to get things done as quickly as we can.”

Am I the only one thinking it’s a chilling thing to hear?

The killing part is not necessarily people vibe coding programs into OSS projects, but even if the OSS itself is not vibe coded, people using AI to integrate with it will result in lower engagement and thus killing the ecosystem:

Together, these patterns suggest that AI mediation can divert interaction away from the surfaces where OSS projects monetize and recruit contributors.

From Section 2.3 of the reported paper.