Agents Pick Dependencies, DoWI 8430.01 Holds You Accountable
From the source: Sonatype BlogCoding agents now do much of the work of building software. They plan changes, edit files, add packages, run tests, and open pull requests. Somewhere in that loop, an agent decides which open source components your mission software will depend on, often without a person reviewing each choice.
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