Torvalds backs AI use by competent kernel developers, not drive-bys
Original title: Torvalds: AI is fine for competent devs, but spare us the 'drive-by' patches
Kernel maintainers are dropping the Assisted-by tag, so submitters no longer must disclose AI use.
In a Register column, Linus Torvalds says competent Linux developers should use AI as a tool while drive-by patches from people who do not understand the code should be discouraged. At the Linux Kernel Maintainers Summit in Prague, Sasha Levin said maintainers will deprecate the Assisted-by tag. Greg Kroah-Hartman told the columnist that AI-generated security reports have shifted from low-quality submissions to real bugs that now burden maintainers.
Unconfirmed: The prediction that hand programming will be uncommon by 2030 is the columnist's opinion, not a kernel decision.
- Levin announced deprecation of the Assisted-by tag in Prague.
- Torvalds has described vibe-coding as a gateway into programming.
- Kroah-Hartman said open-source projects now receive genuine AI bug reports.
- Red Hat's Christian Schaller built hw-harness to study hardware behavior.
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5 min read at theregister.comKernel maintainers stop asking who used AI, as long as the code is good
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