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Vibe Coding2026-08-11 · source-backed
The Register reports that Torvalds attributed the release-candidate surge to LLM tools continuously scanning kernel code and surfacing bugs human reviewers missed or deprioritized for years. He said nothing in the batch looked scary and saw no value in delaying; 7.2 stable is expected around August 16. The critical qualifier: this is AI reviewing code, not writing it. Humans triage every finding, and kernel policy requires a person to sign off on any AI-assisted contribution. The scarce resource in an AI-assisted codebase is reviewer attention on machine-generated findings, not generation capacity.
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