'Almost entirely unmanageable': Linus Torvalds says AI bug hunters have ruined Linux security mailing list
- Linus Torvalds warns AI‑generated bug reports are overwhelming the Linux security mailing list with duplication and noise
- He urged researchers to add real value by creating patches instead of submitting random automated findings
- Similar concerns have already led projects like curl and HackerOne’s Internet Bug Bounty Team to shut down or restrict bug bounty programs
The Linux security mailing list is now “almost entirely unmanageable”, since researchers started using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to flood it with useless reports, lead maintainer Linus Torvalds has warned.
After describing the latest release candidate as “fairly normal” in his latest weekly state of the kernel post, addressing things like drivers, networking, core kernel, and more, Torvalds stressed that “some of the documentation updates might be worth highlighting.”
“The continued flood of AI reports has basically made the security list almost entirely unmanageable, with enormous duplication due to different people finding the same things with...
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