There is a desire to use generative AI tools as part of producing contributions to OSRF projects. However, we request that developers please refrain from using generative AI tools (such as Chat-GPT, Gemini, and GitHub Copilot) in submissions to OSRF projects, including ROS 2, Gazebo, and Open-RMF. The OSRA TGC has created a Technical Committee to investigate the potential risks with regard to these tools; this TC plans to release a comprehensive formal policy of the OSRF on contributors’ use of Generative AI by the end of 2024.
If you have comments or feedback on this subject please feel free to discuss them in this ROS Discourse thread and we will consider them, along with other relevant opinions (particularly legal), while developing these guidelines.
If you would like to share feedback privately please message @gbiggs (OSRA TGC chair) and @nuclearsandwich (Technical committee chair for the committee on generative AI) here or on the ROS Discourse.