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instead of a blanket ban, it would be better to formulate detailed guidelines for AI-assisted programming, clarifying under what conditions such tools are allowed or prohibited. Developers can be required to conduct rigorous manual review of AI-generated code and make special annotations when submitting, rather than broadly labeling it as "defective". Unconditionally rejecting AI-generated code may miss out on the benefits of technological progress.

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They said tainted. Not defective. And they explained it meant unclear copyright. The guidelines you want will be written by legislatures and courts.

Their stance isn't that AI-generated code is "defective", it's that its copyright and licensing status is unclear, and they don't want to be in legal hot water some years down the line because they can't be sure of the provenance of the code they commit.

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