{"type":"post","id":"new-lf-research-survey-shows-generative-ai-cuts-d35334","slug":"new-lf-research-survey-shows-generative-ai-cuts-d35334","title":"New LF Research Survey Shows Generative AI Cuts Open Source Coding Time in Half, but 25% of Incoming Pull Requests are Considered AI Slop","description":"The Linux Foundation says generative AI is helping open-source contributors complete development tasks faster, while maintainers face more incoming contributions and substantial low-quality pull-request volume.","retrieval_nugget":"The Linux Foundation says generative AI is helping open-source contributors complete development tasks faster, while maintainers face more incoming contributions and substantial low-quality pull-request volume. The survey puts numbers on both sides of that trade-off, making contribution policy, testing expectations and review capacity practical governance questions for project teams.","published_at":"2026-11-06","updated_at":"2026-11-06","record_date":"2026-11-06","date_kind":"published_at","topics":["open-source"],"entities":["Linux Foundation","Linux Foundation Research","Red Hat","Futurewei","OpenSSF","LF AI & Data"],"related_patterns":["verification-bandwidth-is-the-scarce-resource"],"novelty_label":"new_fact","what_changed":"The Linux Foundation reports that generative AI cuts open-source development time by up to 50%, while an estimated 25% of incoming pull requests are low-quality AI slop.","prior_refs":["https://newruntime.com/posts/github-octoverse-2026-agents-start-more-than-40-2ad923/"],"source_url":"https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/new-lf-research-survey-shows-generative-ai-cuts-open-source-coding-time-in-half-but-25-of-incoming-pull-requests-are-considered-ai-slop","source_urls":["https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/new-lf-research-survey-shows-generative-ai-cuts-open-source-coding-time-in-half-but-25-of-incoming-pull-requests-are-considered-ai-slop"],"schema_version":"newruntime-agent-readable-v0.2","stable_id":"post:new-lf-research-survey-shows-generative-ai-cuts-d35334","status":"published","visuals":[],"editor":{"role":"editor","name":"Andrey Reshetnikov","profile":"https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md","profile_json":"https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json","same_as":["https://www.linkedin.com/in/reshetnikov1/","https://t.me/lapetuse"]},"routes":{"html":"https://newruntime.com/posts/new-lf-research-survey-shows-generative-ai-cuts-d35334/","markdown":"https://newruntime.com/posts/new-lf-research-survey-shows-generative-ai-cuts-d35334.md","json":"https://newruntime.com/posts/new-lf-research-survey-shows-generative-ai-cuts-d35334.json"},"markdown_url":"https://newruntime.com/posts/new-lf-research-survey-shows-generative-ai-cuts-d35334.md","next_reads":[{"type":"topic","path":"/topics/open-source/","url":"https://newruntime.com/topics/open-source/","title":"Open Source","reason":"Explore the open-source topic hub.","media_type":"text/html","markdown_url":"https://newruntime.com/topics/open-source.md","json_url":"https://newruntime.com/topics/open-source.json"},{"type":"collection","path":"/posts/","url":"https://newruntime.com/posts/","title":"Field Notes","reason":"Open the latest editorial analysis.","media_type":"text/html","json_url":"https://newruntime.com/posts.json"},{"type":"collection","path":"/sources/","url":"https://newruntime.com/sources/","title":"Sources","reason":"See the original sources this archive cites.","media_type":"text/html"}]}