OpenAI Codex Helps Uncover & Fix A Nearly 20 Year Old Radeon Linux Driver Bug

The most remarkable fix addresses a bug in the ATI/AMD Radeon R600 era hardware that remained undetected for nearly two decades.

AI-assisted debugging

OpenAI's Codex AI system played a crucial role in uncovering this long-standing issue in the Linux driver. The fix is part of the batch of patches AMD sent for the Linux 7.5 merge window, which opens at the end of the year.

Besides a lot of fixes and continued work around new IP enablement for upcoming GPUs, there is even a fix for old ATI/AMD Radeon R600 era hardware after help from OpenAI's Codex