The AI-and-open-source squeeze we have been tracking all week found a new target today, FreeBSD is polling its developers on an AI policy, and the Python world lost one of its founding minds.
FreeBSD polls its developers on an AI policy
The FreeBSD project published its Q3 2026 status report this week, and one line item stands out: the project is working to establish an official AI policy, shaped by polling its own developers first. That is a calmer route than the kernel's, where maintainers are drowning in AI-generated patches and policy got written after the flood arrived. Phoronix has the details. Expect more projects to follow suit; the question is no longer whether open source needs an AI policy, it is how late each project will be writing one. Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-AI-Policy
Tim Peters, the mind behind Timsort and the Zen of Python, has died
Guido van Rossum announced on the Python discussion forum that Tim Peters died on July 15 this year. Peters wrote the Zen of Python (PEP 20), designed the Timsort algorithm in 2002 that Java and Android later adopted, and earned the nickname Timbot for years of patient, funny answers on the mailing lists. Guido's own words: Python would not be what it is today without him. If you have ever sorted a list in Python, or used an Android phone, you have run his code. Source: https://discuss.python.org/t/in-memoriam-tim-peters-1952-2026/110028
Grok Build leaks user data, some of it apparently SpaceX's own
Security firm Claroc found that share links in Grok Build, SpaceXSI's vibe-coding agent, can be enumerated, opening thousands of user apps and their stored data to anyone who guesses the link. Ars Technica reports the exposed files included an enterprise sales onboarding plan, an internal map of 594 strategic accounts, advertising proposals, and medical exam results, with some of the data belonging to SpaceX itself. The irony of an AI coding tool from the Musk empire leaking the Musk empire's own secrets writes itself. Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/11/grok-build-coding-agent-leaks-oodles-of-confidential-info-some-belonging-to-spacexsi/
OpenAI's quarterly revenue crosses $10 billion for the first time
Bloomberg reports OpenAI's third quarter revenue topped $10 billion, up almost 50 percent from the $6.7 billion it reportedly made in Q2, with the adjusted operating margin improving from negative 150 percent to negative 109 percent. TechCrunch notes the company is still burning money by the container ship, and still trailing Anthropic's reported $17 billion Q3 in enterprise terms. Still, a ten-figure quarter puts OpenAI in rare company whatever the sign in front of the margin. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/11/openais-quarterly-revenue-reportedly-crosses-10b-for-the-first-time/
KORA wants to be the AI-native Linux desktop
The company behind GameOS, now called KORA Systems, is building KORA: a standalone desktop OS on a Linux base with AI models and agents built into the system rather than bolted on as an app. Workspaces are organized so the AI only sees the project that is open. It is due in 2027 and headed to Snapdragon-powered PCs with Qualcomm's help. One caveat from the It's FOSS hands-on: a major component is not open source, which is an odd look for a Linux desktop. Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/kora-ai-desktop-os-unveiled/