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Re: AI disclosure [was: AI slop "contributions" to IETF working groups]

John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Wed, 11 February 2026 19:37 UTC

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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:37:28 -0500
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From: John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
To: Lixia Zhang <lixia@cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: AI disclosure [was: AI slop "contributions" to IETF working groups]
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2026, Lixia Zhang wrote:

> The real question, as I see it, is whether IETF contributions should be 
> submitted by accountable human participants. I believe they should. ...

I agree that would be a good idea, but it's not what we've done in the 
past.  There are plenty of messages on IETF mailing lists and the 
occasional I-D where literally all we know about the contributor is his, 
her, or its mailing address.

R's,
John

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