# Minitap alleges Google's Artemis reused its open-source mobile-use code without credit

_Published Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM EDT · AI, Products · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Minitap published a detailed account alleging that Google's Artemis mobile-automation project reused code from its open-source mobile-use research experiment without attribution.

The post says device-connection code and the Hopper agent's instructions matched word for word, and that an earlier package file listing three Minitap developers was replaced with a different author through a force push in August. Minitap says the mobile-use source carries Apache 2.0, whose redistribution terms require preserving copyright and attribution notices and identifying changes.

The company says it contacted Google and filed a public issue asking Artemis to acknowledge the derivation and restore credit. Minitap states it has no evidence linking the attribution removal to its unanswered AndroidWorld leaderboard submissions.

## Sources

- [minitap.ai](https://www.minitap.ai/blog/i-expected-better-from-google)

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Published: 2026-09-12T07:05:43.993Z
Story chronology: 2026-09-12T02:39:39.000Z
Retrieved: 2026-10-27T13:20:57.227Z
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