Linux kernel drops AI-generated code tag requirement after AI hits 20% of October submissions
mark_k · x · 2026-10-13
The Linux kernel is removing the requirement to tag AI-assisted code submissions, a change agreed by most kernel developers at the Maintainers Summit in Prague last week.
- Over the past 10 months, the mandatory "Assisted-by" tag showed AI-generated code climbing steadily — surpassing 20% of all submissions in October
- With the tag gone, tracking the real share of AI development in the kernel will no longer be possible
- markk's take: AI-generated code no longer needs special declaration — it's just the normal workflow now, "first slowly, then all at once"
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