# The Tool Built to Hide AI Traces Exposed Its Own Code

- slug: the-tool-built-to-hide-ai-traces-exposed-its-own-code
- date: 2026-04-01
- category: Artificial Intelligence

The npm package included a source map anyone could read — and inside was a feature called Undercover Mode that strips AI attribution from code commits, a frustration detector watching user keystrokes, and a planned Tamagotchi pet for your terminal. The $2.5B product runs on the same kind of opera...

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