Linus Torvalds on July 15 endorsed Sashiko, an AI-powered code review system for the Linux kernel, telling critics they can fork the kernel or walk away. By July 17, a fork had appeared. Sashiko, buil…
Linus Torvalds said the Linux kernel will not ban AI-assisted coding tools, telling critics in a Linux kernel mailing list post that they can "fork it. Or just walk away." Torvalds rejected the Softwa…
Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, said in an email that Linux is not an anti-AI project and that developers should be free to use AI tools, despite his earlier complaint that AI-generated vulnerabilit…
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has strongly endorsed AI tools in kernel development, stating on the kernel mailing list that 'Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects' and that he would 'very loudly i…
Linux founder Linus Torvalds declared that Linux is not an anti-AI project, stating in a Linux Kernel Mailing List message that AI is a useful tool and that developers who disagree can "fork it or jus…
Linus Torvalds, creator and top-level maintainer of the Linux kernel, declared in a mailing list post that Linux is not an anti-AI project and that those who object to AI-powered coding tools can fork…
Linus Torvalds rebuked anti-AI stances in the Linux kernel code review process, arguing that AI-generated code should be evaluated on its merits rather than dismissed outright. In a public exchange, T…
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, addressed anti-AI sentiment in Linux development, stating that 'natural intelligence is not always all that great either' in defense of AI tools. He made the rema…
Linus Torvalds, the top-level maintainer of Linux, stated on the Linux Media Mailing List that Linux is not an anti-AI project and that AI is a clearly useful tool, dismissing doubts about its utility…
Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, told anti-AI programmers on the Linux Kernel Mailing List that they can "fork it" if they oppose using AI in Linux development, stating he is "willing to absolutely p…
Linus Torvalds, the top maintainer of the Linux kernel, declared in a reply on the linux-media list that the kernel project will not adopt an anti-AI stance, stating that large language models are a u…
Linus Torvalds discussed LLM usage in kernel development, but the full content is blocked by Anubis, a proof-of-work system designed to deter AI companies from scraping websites. The administrator imp…
Linus Torvalds defended the use of AI tools in Linux kernel development, responding to a debate about integrating the agentic LLM code review tool Sashiko into the kernel's Patchwork tracking system. …
Linus Torvalds, steward of the Linux kernel, declared that Linux is not an 'anti-AI' bastion and told discontented contributors to fork the kernel or walk away. In discussions on lore.kernel.org, Torv…
Linux creator Linus Torvalds firmly rejected anti-AI sentiment on the Linux kernel mailing list, stating that the kernel project is not anti-AI and that AI is a useful tool. Torvalds said he will "abs…
Linux creator Linus Torvalds reaffirmed that the Linux kernel is not "anti-AI" and that AI/LLMs should be viewed as a tool for developers, pushing back against kernel developers who oppose AI usage. T…
Linus Torvalds said at Open Source Summit India 2026 that he is more excited about automated patch verification tools for C than about Rust, which he said fixes only easy bugs and does not prevent log…
Linus Torvalds said at Open Source Summit India 2026 that AI-generated code often creates more junk than useful output, describing many patches as 'mindless band-aid' fixes. He uses LLMs for prototypi…
OpenAI has forked Git on GitHub, creating a new repository under its organization. The fork includes the standard Git revision control system originally authored by Linus Torvalds.…
Entire launched a distributed Git network designed for the agent era, handling ~570,000 clones per hour and 586 pushes per second on a single repository at ~50-60 ms p50 latency. The preview is live w…