Linus Torvalds today announced the release of Linux 7.3-rc4. This development snapshot continues to incorporate a significant number of fixes found across the kernel codebase, a trend largely driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) identifying various code defects. Despite the ongoing volume of patches, Torvalds stated that he is "not too worried" about the current state of Linux 7.3-rc4. This kernel version is relevant to the broader ecosystem, as Ubuntu 26.10 recently adopted Linux 7.3, bypassing an earlier plan to use kernel 7.2.