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Jun 27, 2026 · Industry Insights
Why AI-Generated Patches Drove Linux to Drop the 40‑Year‑Old AppleTalk Protocol
Linux maintainer Jakub Kicinski removed roughly 4,000 lines of AppleTalk code—a networking protocol that survived 40 years—citing a flood of unreviewed AI‑generated patches that made maintenance untenable, highlighting how AI is reshaping the fate of legacy modules in open‑source projects.
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