Gentoo Linux tells AI-generated code contributions to “fork off.”
AI-generated and assisted code contributions are no longer allowed in the Gentoo Linux distribution.
A ban on AI-made code was originally proposed on February 27 by Michał Górny, a member of Gentoo’s council, an elected committee that governs the Linux distro. Górny argued for an AI ban for three major reasons: potential copyright infringement, quality control issues, and ethical considerations over AI’s high power consumption and the role of major corporations in shaping the technology.
Copyright is certainly becoming a chronic issue for AI models, which may or may not be trained on protected materials, with Nvidia one of the latest companies to be sued. AI is also known to produce nonsensical text and code, and has even been observed to hallucinate entire software packages.
Beyond banning AI code submissions, Górny said he also wanted Gentoo to offer something unique for the Linux community.
