Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normal
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Fast forward a week and the size of the release candidate remains a concern. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); “I can't say that I'm exactly thrilled about the size of this all,” Torvalds wrote in the message that announces the seventh release candidate for Linux 7.2. “But it is what it is: the new normal with a lot of fixes, many of them due to review by various AI tools.”Torvalds has a complex relationship with AI.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Fast forward a week and the size of the release candidate remains a concern.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); “I can't say that I'm exactly thrilled about the size of this all,” Torvalds wrote in the message that announces the seventh release candidat
- ▪“But it is what it is: the new normal with a lot of fixes, many of them due to review by various AI tools.”Torvalds has a complex relationship with AI.
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