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"LLMs engender harms to the pillars of Asahi Linux: software freedom, the open-source community, the open Internet, the environment, digital privacy, user consent, and software developers themselves... we broadly forbid the use of generative AI." 🙄Read original on X
The Asahi project was all about taking something closed and restricted and opening it up. Adding new restrictions that make it harder for other projects to build on that is not the way. And that AI rejection is just silly.Read original on X
I'm grateful for the work Asahi did on Apple Silicon, and in the best open source spirit, we've been expanding that with TouchID, M3 GPU, DisplayPort over USB-C, deep sleep, MacBook Neo. But thanks to agent acceleration, Asahi rejects upstreaming 🤷Read original on X
Asahi Linux bans generative AI in its project under new policy
Asahi Linux broadly forbids generative AI use in its project
Asahi Linux forbids generative AI and rejects upstreaming some Apple Silicon work
Asahi Linux bans generative AI and rejects upstreaming changes
Asahi project rejects upstreaming changes, citing agent acceleration
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