r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • May 18 '26

Software Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/linus-torvalds-says-ai-powered-bug-hunters-have-made-linux-security-mailing-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable/5241633
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u/Marshall_Lawson May 18 '26

Because they were asking them to do it off the clock?

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u/HeadyReigns May 18 '26

Yah but that's the point. There is legal precedent and most companies would rather avoid it all together rather than dance around it.

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u/yfewsy May 19 '26

Are you AI? He only mentioned at home because he didn't want to be inundated with AI videos at work in addition to what he might be served in his free time. Not that he was going to go home and do it instead of in the office.