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AI-hallucinated packages, Oct 19–25, 2026: 144 new names

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Published first at https://vdb.ai.kr/blog/slopsquatting-week-2026-10-25 . Every week: the package names LLMs recommended that do not exist, and the ones somebody registered after a model said them. Every six hours VDB asks several LLMs for packages to use on ordinary tasks and checks each name agai…

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  1. 2026-10-29 02:15 · DEV Community — AI
    AI-hallucinated packages, Oct 19–25, 2026: 144 new names

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