Linus Torvalds posts his first AI-assisted patch to the Linux kernel, synthetic test clocks 23x performance leap by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) from Latest from Tom's Hardware on 2026-10-16 10:30 (#793C6) Linus Torvalds posts his first LLM-assisted patch to the Linux kernel - after issuing clear pro-AI directives, the bossman makes use of AI tooling himself