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Leaked memo suggests Red Hat's chugging the AI Kool-Aid (www.theregister.com)
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An internal memo dispatched by senior execs at Red Hat suggests the software biz is starting to push AI tooling within its Global Engineering department. RHEL may be about to get some Windows 11-style "improvements."

It carries the heading "Engineering that's evolved and amplified for the AI era," and for any AI skeptics in the developer teams at Red Hat, the tone of the email may raise alarm bells. The times are changing, it states.

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[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

Hopefully it's just AI tools for development they're talking about (though that will be bad enough if RHEL becomes vibecoded slop) and not stupid AI "features" baked into the OS.

[-] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I think the inverse might actually be preferable. If there's slop in the code base, that will be harder to avoid than whole modules that you can just not install.

While neither is preferable, putting it in the development is more insidious.

[-] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

If there’s slop in the code base, that will be harder to avoid than whole modules that you can just not install.

Unfortunately, that ship has sailed.

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