{"data":{"id":"d453364a-a090-41da-899b-0411bc347696","title":"ESLint Ends Paid Contributor Program as AI Upends Open Source Collaboration","summary":"ESLint is retiring its contributor pool, a paid program that ran for five years, citing AI-generated issues and pull requests and disputes over whether AI-assisted work deserved payment. Zakas announced the decision on November 13, saying the program had paid outside contributors more than $51,000. The program is discontinued effective immediately, though ESLint's AI usage policy still permits AI-assisted contributions with disclosure.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["industry","policy"],"sourceUrl":"https://socket.dev/blog/eslint-ends-paid-contributor-program?utm_medium=feed","publishedAt":"2026-11-14T17:27:29.411Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":[],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedPackageNames":null,"affectedPackageRefs":null,"affectedVendors":[],"affectedVendorsRaw":["ESLint","GitHub Copilot"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-5-5","classifierPromptVersion":"v4","summaryPromptVersion":"v2","headline":null,"headlinePromptVersion":null,"cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"epssCheckedAt":null,"kevDateAdded":null,"advisoryAliases":null,"affectedPackagesSource":null,"affectedPackagesCheckedAt":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-11-14T17:27:29.411Z","fixReleasedAt":null,"daysToFix":null,"fixCheckedAt":null,"capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":null,"aiComponentTargeted":null,"llmSpecific":false,"classifierConfidence":0.8,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}