{"id":290138,"date":"2026-07-16T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/linus-torvalds-says-linux-is-not-anti-ai-tells-haters-to-fork-it-and-just-walk-away\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:15:08","slug":"linus-torvalds-says-linux-is-not-anti-ai-tells-haters-to-fork-it-and-just-walk-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/linus-torvalds-says-linux-is-not-anti-ai-tells-haters-to-fork-it-and-just-walk-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Linus Torvalds says Linux is not &#8220;anti-AI&#8221;, tells haters to &#8216;fork it&#8217; and &#8216;just walk away&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/linus-torvalds-says-linux-is-not-anti-ai-tells-haters-to-fork-it-and-just-walk-away\">Linus Torvalds says Linux is not &#8220;anti-AI&#8221;, tells haters to &#8216;fork it&#8217; and &#8216;just walk away&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/linus-torvalds-says-linux-is-not-anti-ai-tells-haters-to-fork-it-and-just-walk-away\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/linus-torvalds-says-linux-is-not-anti-ai-tells-haters-to-fork-it-and-just-walk-away<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-16 07:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-469e3b04-80f4-11f1-9350-2ffef8730398\">\n<li><strong>Linus Torvalds asserts Linux developers can make their own mind up about using AI<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anti-AI developers can &#8220;fork it&#8221; and go elsewhere, he says<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>AI should be used to help developers, Torvalds emphasises<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-469e3bf4-80f4-11f1-b461-239b5a7bcc6a\">Linux creator Linus Torvalds has ultimately concluded that, while developers won&#8217;t be discouraged from using AI tools to help with their coding needs, artificial intelligence shall not be mandatory and nobody is being forced to use it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it,&#8221; he said in a kernel mailing list update.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-469e3bf4-80f4-11f1-b461-239b5a7bcc6a-2\">Torvalds himself doesn&#8217;t actively advocate either way, acknowledging that the tech is more of a tool than an ideology and that proven use cases have helped solidify its uses, despite questionable economics, environmental impacts and long-term consequences.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"torvalds-tells-ai-haters-to-fork-it-3\">Torvalds tells AI haters to &#8220;fork it&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p id=\"elk-469e3cd0-80f4-11f1-9cf7-4724dba80704\">Torvalds added that he also knows that AI can create serious issues for maintainers, with AI-assisted submissions increasing workloads, producing noise and potential duplication, and generally adding more workload for humans.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about AI&#8217;s role in developer workflows, Torvalds criticized some for burying their heads in the sand and ignoring its impact. &#8220;The solution is to make sure those LLM tools _help_ maintainers instead of just causing them pain,&#8221; 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