Linus Torvalds says AI-assisted fixes are now common in the Linux kernel
11/13/2026 — 11/13, 21:20·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- Releasing Linux 7.4-rc2, Linus Torvalds said AI-assisted fixes are increasingly being merged into the kernel and have become commonplace, so…
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On November 13, 2026, Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 7.4-rc2 and noted that a growing number of AI-assisted fixes are being merged into kernel development. Torvalds said these contributions have become so commonplace that he may stop singling them out separately in future release notes. He did not specify which AI tools were involved or which specific code changes had been produced through AI assistance.
Torvalds also stressed that all code must still go through the standard review process, with no relaxation of requirements based on the AI-assisted origin of a patch. Maintainers of the BPF subsystem added that the rate of fixes in that area has now surpassed the rate at which new problems are being reported. The matter currently stands at the point where Linux 7.4-rc2 has been released and these statements have been made public, with no further developments reported since.
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Linus Torvalds said the Linux 7.4-rc2 release carries a growing volume of AI-assisted fixes, and that such contributions have become common enough that he may stop flagging them in release notes. He stressed that all code still goes through the usual review process, while a BPF maintainer said fixes in that subsystem now outpace new bug reports.
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