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Shade exposed as Heretic plagiarized fraud

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💡Scam alert: Shade rips off hot Heretic LLM tool—malware risk in trending repos.

⚡ 30-Second TL;DR

What Changed

95% code identical to Heretic with only name and copyright swapped

Why It Matters

Underscores rising scams in open-source AI tools; users must verify repos to avoid malware in fast-trending LLM projects.

What To Do Next

Use only official Heretic repo at https://github.com/p-e-w/heretic.

Who should care:Developers & AI Engineers

Key Points

  • 95% code identical to Heretic with only name and copyright swapped
  • Erased all commit history and contributor credits
  • Aggressively promoted while deleting criticism issues
  • Suspected malware vector exploiting Heretic's GitHub trending fame
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