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Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Just Used AI to Fix a Kernel Bug
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Itsfoss
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Aug. 22, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
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Kernel Bug Fixing
Linus Torvalds
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The blog post discusses how Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, successfully utilized artificial intelligence to identify and fix a bug in the Linux kernel, which required 18 boots to resolve before the AI's assistance was procured.
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