The FreeBSD Project published its Q3'2026 status report on Tuesday that outlines a number of development initiatives to ongoing work around an AI policy for this BSD operating system.
FreeBSD polled their developers on the usage of AI and LLMs as a hot topic for the quarter. An overwhelming 88% want the FreeBSD Project to adopt an AI policy. 35% of those polled want AI-assisted code to be disclosed while 22% felt it should be treated just like any other code contribution and only 16% want AI generated code to be rejected outright. 65% of the respondents were in favor of AI-generated documentation with human review.
FreeBSD has established an AI working group to work on drafting an AI policy. Final reports are expected in Q4.
FreeBSD developers have also had to spend a lot of time preparing for the EU's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) such as around Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) support.
FreeBSD has also seen work on a GUI for the Bhyve hypervisor written in Freepascal/Lazarus. This Bhyvemgr GUI is coming along well to help in managing of Bhyve VMs:
https://www.phoronix.net/image.php?id=2026&image=bhyvemgr_med
Meanwhile on the web management/UI side, Sylve continues looking quite slick as a unified system management platform for FreeBSD from the web browser. Adding in the past quarter were new storage options, data center / cluster features, and more.
https://www.phoronix.net/image.php?id=2026&image=sylve_med
FreeBSD also continues seeing work to enhance desktop installations of the operating system and more polishing of the desktop experience. Related have also been more suspend/resume and audio stack improvements.
Some other FreeBSD happenings include improving zoned storage support, debugging enhancements, a variety of scheduler improvements, and enhancing the bootloader.
More details on these FreeBSD improvements made during Q3 can be found via FreeBSD.org.
@Imnebuddy thanks, you're ahead of me in your thinking.
You're not blocked.
At my profile, I'm open about blocking.
Cc @SocialistVibes01
I see. I'm not Anti AI, though. I just believe in this capitalist system it is used irresponsibly and against the proletariat. I believe it is a tool, and in a socialist system we can use it to benefit humanity without wrecklessly destroying people's ability to survive. I believe China's use of AI is an example that other countries should follow, treating the tech as infrastructure instead of some cash grab while threatening people and the planet and expanding surveillance against the working class.
Wait, did you block me? If I said anything wrong, I'm willing to discuss in good faith.
@Imnebuddy
Thanks for asking, and for sharing your beliefs.
You were not previously blocked; you're not blocked now.