Linus Torvalds and Dirk Discuss AI and Kernel Development

Originally published on LWN.net — May 25, 2026

Summary

Linus Torvalds held his 30th on-stage fireside chat with Dirk Hohndel at the Open Source Summit North America 2026. Topics ranged from 3D printing and guitar pedals to the recent 7.1-rc4 kernel release and Torvalds’ characteristically candid views on AI tooling in kernel development — including his frustration with AI-generated bug report spam on the kernel security list.

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