# AI Increases the Volume of Open-Source Contributions and Reports, While Maintainer Review Remains Costly

DevFeed: [AI Increases the Volume of Open-Source Contributions and Reports, While Maintainer Review Remains Costly](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-open-source-maintainers-are-done-with-ai-slop-28469.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://strategizeyourcareer.com/p/ai-open-source>)

Author: Fran Soto

Published: 2026-05-10T05:01:41Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Strategize Your Career](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/strategize-your-career.md>)

Topics: [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that AI has made pull requests, issues, and security reports inexpensive to produce, while maintainer trust, review time, and ownership remain costly.

## Source excerpt

AI made PRs, issues, and security reports cheap. Maintainer trust, review time, and ownership stayed expensive.