Linus Torvalds posts his first AI-assisted patch to the Linux kernel, synthetic test clocks 23x performance leap — the bossman makes use of AI tooling himself after issuing clear pro-AI directives (www.tomshardware.com)

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[-] MangoCats@feddit.it 4 points 1 day ago

I believe Linus has clearly stated his position that he is specifically responsible for the bug, regardless of whether he uses LLM agents, Ouija boards, or vim to create it.

this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2026

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