Google stole open source code without crediting the authors (Artemis/Minitap)
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Google removed three original authors' names from Artemis's commit history after copying their open-source mobile-use code—this undermines trust in crediting open-source contributions. For engineers relying on shared code, it reinforces the need to audit dependencies and document provenance, as unchecked corporate practices risk fracturing the ecosystem you build on.
Google's Artemis repository incorporated code from Minitap's open-source mobile-use project without crediting the original authors, directly copying implementations, comments, and even a bug. This matters because it undermines the trust and willingness of developers to share their work openly, potentially limiting the availability of open-source code that production LLM and agent systems rely on. Shipping LLM and agent systems that depend on open-source components may become riskier if contributors become less willing to share.