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Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normal
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2026
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Everyone is like "damn AI is making kernel be too big!!111" while Linus is like "Tons of genuine fixes and improvements found/made with AI lead to a lot of commits being the norm. Lots of review work, but definitely worth it."