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Linus Torvalds says Linux being flooded with AI fixes is a good sign.

Linus Torvalds says Linux being flooded with AI fixes is a good sign. Linux 7.4 has received almost 20,000 commits,…Linus Torvalds says Linux being flooded with AI fixes is a good sign. Linux 7.4 has received almost 20,000 commits,…

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Linus Torvalds says Linux being flooded with AI fixes is a good sign. Linux 7.4 has received almost 20,000 commits, compared with the usual 15,000. But what makes Linus happier is when those fixes are arriving. He prefers AI-related fixes coming in during regular development, rather than flooding the final testing phase before release. He calls that a “much healthier model.” AI is finding bugs and increasingly suggesting patches too, although those patches often get rewritten by developers. Linus also says AI isn’t the only possible reason for the surge. Expectations that Linux 7.4 will

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