[$] Linus and Dirk chat about AI, XZ, hardware, and more One of the mainstays of the the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit is the "fireside chat" (sans fire) between Linus Torvalds and Dirk Hohndel to discuss open source and Linux kernel topics of the day. On April 17, at <a href="https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/" rel="nofollow">Open Source Summit North America</a> (OSSNA) in Seattle, Washington, they held with tradition and discussed a range of topics including proper whitespace parsing, security, and the current AI craze. https://lwn.net/Articles/970293/