Torvalds: AI is fine for competent devs, but spare us the 'drive-by' patches

Linux maintainers shift stance to evaluate code quality rather than AI origins

By GPU Data Hub Desk · GPU Data Hub·Editorial standards·23 Oct 2026, 11:31

Torvalds: AI is fine for competent devs, but spare us the 'drive-by' patches

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has endorsed the use of artificial intelligence by capable developers, while cautioning against superficial automated patches sent to the open-source project. Operating system maintainers have stopped interrogating the origin of prospective code contributions, provided the submissions meet requisite software engineering standards.

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