{"slug": "linux-kernel-becoming-a-slopfest-part-7-infested-with-or-plagued-by-bot-slop-by", "title": "Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 7 - Infested With or Plagued by Bot-Generated Slop, Committed by Microsofters", "summary": "Christian Brauner (Amutable) tops the list of Linux kernel sign-offs tied to LLM-generated code with 32 \"Signed-off-by\" entries, according to the seventh installment of the \"Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest\" series. The report lists Jori Koolstra with 31, Linus Walleij with 21, and Mark Brown with 16 double-digit sign-offs, and argues that undisclosed bot-generated contributions to the kernel pose a security threat because the committer may not know whether the code contains a backdoor. The series ties the activity to Microsoft, which Brauner joined and which the article links to Snowden-leak claims about adding backdoors.", "body_md": "# Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 7 - Infested With or Plagued by Bot-Generated Slop, Committed by Microsofters\n\nThis week we plan to wrap up this series,\nmaybe revisit or resume it in case we have new findings. It started\nlast week (by all means revisit \n[Part 1](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_1_At_the_Beginning_Torval.shtml), \n[Part 2](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/16/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_2_Bribes_From_Slop_Pusher.shtml), \n[Part 3](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/18/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_3_Besieged_by_LLM_Bots_No.shtml), \n[Part 4](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/19/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_4_Outsourcing_to_Microsof.shtml), \n[Part 5](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_5_Kernel_Dependency_on_Pl.shtml), and \n[Part 6](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/21/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_6_Seeing_Who_Contaminates.shtml)).\n\nIn previous parts we showed the list of top signers of LLM slop. At the top we had:\n\n```\n 32 Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) \n```\n\nCommitting and **pushing LLM slop**.\n\nAmutable is a de facto Microsoft proxy and Brauner comes from\nMicrosoft, where [he proudly pulled LP](https://techrights.org/o/2022/08/06/pivot-away-from-systemd/),\nthe *other* Microsoft [head\nhoncho](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/head-honcho).\n\nNow only does Brauner still serve Microsoft; Brauner \n[trolls the Linux community about adding surveillance to Linux](https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_Uses_April_Fools_to_Joke_About_Inserting_Age_Verifica.shtml)\n(systemd @ msft github).\n\nUsing the LLM marker/s or other metadata, we see all the double-digit sign-offs:\n\n```\n32 Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) \n31 Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra \n21 Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij \n16 Signed-off-by: Mark Brown \n```\n\nAn associate said that at least that LLM slop is labeled; but no...\n\nPeople like us rely on people disclosing it and being honest about it. In practice, many do not, they just plagiarise and cheat in secret.\n\nSlop in Linux is a bad thing, but if it is Microsoft infecting the kernel with slop, then it is even worse, the associate argued.\n\n[Microsoft's objective is\nto add back doors to everything](https://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/), according to \n[Snowden leaks](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/22/Edward_Snowden_Lost_His_Voice_Then_His_Leaks_Lost_Exposure_Acce.shtml).\n\nSlop is a security threat; even the person committing (or push)\nslop to Linux might not be aware that there's a back/bug door in\nthe code. Jacob Bachmeyer and Richard Stallman \n[recently covered this aspect in passing](https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/17/What_s_Wrong_with_Microsoft_s_GitHub_New_Article_by_Jacob_Bachm.shtml). [█](#top)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-kernel-becoming-a-slopfest-part-7-infested-with-or-plagued-by-bot-slop-by", "canonical_source": "https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/22/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_7_Infested_by_Bot_Generat.shtml", "published_at": "2026-09-22 17:39:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-22 17:56:57.552910+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-safety", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Linux kernel", "Christian Brauner", "Amutable", "Microsoft", "Jori Koolstra", "Linus Walleij", "Mark Brown", "Richard Stallman"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-kernel-becoming-a-slopfest-part-7-infested-with-or-plagued-by-bot-slop-by", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-kernel-becoming-a-slopfest-part-7-infested-with-or-plagued-by-bot-slop-by.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-kernel-becoming-a-slopfest-part-7-infested-with-or-plagued-by-bot-slop-by.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-kernel-becoming-a-slopfest-part-7-infested-with-or-plagued-by-bot-slop-by.jsonld"}}