Developer Establishes AI Ethical Usage Brightlines

On Jan. 24, 2026, a software developer published a personal policy outlining "bright lines" for acceptable AI work, detailing constraints such as avoiding abusable free-form generative models, refusing firms that force code generators, and requiring opt-outs and local-model options. The piece emphasizes preference for small, local open-weight models, trust-and-safety staffing for free-form systems, and rejecting models trained on unlicensed data, urging developers to define their own ethical boundaries.