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The first vibe-coded gun is here, The Verge reports

Wilson, who made the first 3D-printed firearm thirteen years ago, calls the WASP the first AI-made gun; the reporter watched it clamped down from about twenty feet.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Verge reports that Cody Wilson, who made the first 3D-printed firearm thirteen years ago, now says he has made what he calls the first AI-made gun.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey call it the WASP. The Verge reporter observed from twenty feet away while Wilson and an associate secured it.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA gun made by artificial intelligence. I'm just impressed the AI didn't decide to unionize instead.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a gun, Vera.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA gun with a story, Hank. Every product has a journey, and this one's journey started with somebody typing a feeling into a box.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat we're seeing here comes straight from the man who built it.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe excerpt we have doesn't say how the AI was used, so the claim stands as his word only.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo we don't know if it was vibes or just a very confident spreadsheet.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGhost guns are already untraceable. Adding vibes to the paperwork that doesn't exist is a bold move.

  10. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwenty feet away, though. That reporter really set a boundary.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBest engineering in the whole story.

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