Posted Jul 15, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTCJExternal LinkLinus Torvalds says Linux is “not one of those anti-AI projects.”“I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area where I’m willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer,” Torvalds said this week in a message, as reported by The Register. If someone has issues with Linux not being anti-AI, “they can do the open-source thing and fork it.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jay Peters
Linus Torvalds says Linux is “not one of those anti-AI projects.”
“I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area where I’m willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer,” Torvalds said this week in a message, as reported by The Register. If someone has issues with Linux not being anti-AI, “they can do the open-source thing and fork it.” [Link: Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off | https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/15/linus-torvalds-tells-ai-haters-to-fork-off/5271894 | The Register]
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