Google stole open source code without crediting the authors (Artemis/Minitap)
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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.
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.