--- title: AI OK in Linux development, says Torvalds | daily.dev description: Linus Torvalds has publicly stated that Linux is not an anti-AI project, expressing measured support for AI use in development. While he previously criticized... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-ok-in-linux-development-says-torvalds-vnx69d8qv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI OK in Linux development, says Torvalds | daily.dev og:description: Linus Torvalds has publicly stated that Linux is not an anti-AI project, expressing measured support for AI use in development. While he previously criticized... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-ok-in-linux-development-says-torvalds-vnx69d8qv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VNx69d8qv.png og:image:alt: AI OK in Linux development, says Torvalds og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI OK in Linux development, says Torvalds **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linus Torvalds has publicly stated that Linux is not an anti-AI project, expressing measured support for AI use in development. While he previously criticized the flood of AI-generated vulnerability reports overwhelming the Linux kernel security mailing list, he now emphasizes that AI tools should help maintainers rather than burden them. He supports developer freedom to choose whether to use AI and has previously claimed AI could improve programmer productivity tenfold. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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