NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OS
“The louder the noise about AI gets, the stronger grows the aversion of those of us who actively wish to avoid it.”
What happened
NetBSD, a free operating system that banned AI-generated code in 2024, says it received a record 120 donations last month totalling $120,282, against a target of $50,000. The Register connects the surge to people looking for an AI-free alternative after Linux's creator said Linux was not an anti-AI project and Debian's developers chose to permit AI-generated contributions.