Debian votes to let contributors code with AI
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Debian, the distribution on which Ubuntu, Mint, and Kali are based, has voted: AI-generated code is welcome, provided it is reviewed. One developer resigned, citing "active collaboration" with fascism. Doubts about AI are defensible. This violence is not. [Read more] Great deals don't wait: subscribe to our Frandroid Deals WhatsApp channel! (zero spam, we promise, just great deals).
The result of the general Debian resolution on the use of major language models was published on 29 August, and the winner was the option of "Reliable use of "Genative IE." The developers of Debian voted in favour of allowing contributions to be made using generic II in one of the most influential Linux distributions in the world.
Techrights — Debian Project Discards About 25% of the Votes on LLM Slop, Microsoft Votes in the General Resolution (GR)
"[t]he rules of the vote saw community members asked to rank each of the eight proposals. Just under 600 people voted, but Debian’s election team rejected many for unspecified reasons, leaving almost 450 valid votes to count."
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