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Linux is not an anti-AI project, and anyone who has a problem with that is free to fork it or leave.

Torvalds states that Linux will not be an anti-AI project, and as top-level maintainer he's firmly decided this; dissenters can fork the project or walk away. ✦ AI generated

Linus Torvalds · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-16 · original ↗

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I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area where I'm willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer. Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it.

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