Linus Torvalds jokes that AI is to blame for unusually large Linux 7.3 rc2

Linus Torvalds highlighted that the second release candidate of Linux 7.3 arrived with a volume of changes that broke the usual quiet post-merge-window pattern. The surge stemmed from multiple subsystems, including several filesystems, a substantial DRM pull, networking, BPF updates, and numerous driver trees, alongside a small, forgotten EDAC pull. Torvalds admitted he found no singular trigger for the size increase and, in a tongue-in-cheek manner, offered AI as a convenient blame target.

He previously took responsibility for earlier complications, calling himself a "grade A nincompoop" for a risky system upgrade. The comment reflects ongoing discussions about AI’s influence on software development, even if the link here is largely humorous.