Even AI skeptic Linus Torvalds is getting involved in 'vibe coding' - so could this herald a new dawn for Linux? Probably not...

• Linus Torvalds says he used AI only in a personal project with no real consequences
• The code had nothing to do with Linux, Git, or any production system
• AI helped with unfamiliar Python visuals, not the core system or kernel logic

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, has spent years pushing back against exaggerated claims around artificial intelligence, describing much of the AI conversation as driven more by marketing than by practical results, and declaring he is much less interested in AI for writing code.

At the same time, Torvalds has stressed that he is not anti AI in principle, but firmly opposed to the hype that often surrounds AI tools.

Against that background, his recent admission that he used self described "vibe coding" in a personal project has drawn attention.