Linus Torvalds to Be 'More Hardnosed' About AI-Generated Linux Pull Requests

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Linus Torvalds announced he will 'start being more hardnosed' about 'pointless pull requests,' specifically calling out AI-generated submissions to the Linux kernel. The Register reports this escalation from his earlier complaints about AI slop in kernel development, signaling that AI code quality in open-source is becoming an active governance issue at the highest levels of the ecosystem.