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Torvalds calls AI disclosure rules ‘utterly stupid’ as Linux drops its tag

“Do you not see how UTTERLY STUPID those kinds of rules would be?” Linus Torvalds wrote this on the Linux kernel mailing list on 13 October. He was replying to a developer who wants contributors to keep declaring when they use AI tools. The Register first reported the exchange. The rule in question…

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  1. 2026-10-16 17:15 · The Next Web
    Torvalds calls AI disclosure rules ‘utterly stupid’ as Linux drops its tag

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