Linus Torvalds to ‘start being more hardnosed’ about ‘pointless pull requests’ – some of which come from AIs

Linus Torvalds announced he will take a stricter approach to accepting kernel contributions, vowing to reject "pointless pull requests" — including those generated by AI. The Linux creator said the new policy aims to reduce low-quality submissions that waste maintainers' time and degrade the development process.

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