Zig bans contributors from using AI to code, debug, or brainstorm. Luis Alvarez/Getty Images Zig has put its foot down: No AI code allowed. The open-source programming language is maintained by a 501(c)(3) and a network of contributors. Any programmer can submit code to its repository — so long as they follow a code of conduct. One of Zig's rules bans the submission of AI-assisted code. The policy is clear: They will accept no LLM-generated content, nothing paraphrased from an LLM, and nothing edited, brainstormed, or debugged by an LLM. In short: Keep AI out of it. On the JetBrains podcast , Zig President Andrew Kelley called AI-assisted contributions "invariably garbage." "People are sending us contributions that have no value whatsoever," Kelley said. "They have negative value, because they take review time away from the team." Code contributions are reviewed by a handful of core team members. That's the "bottleneck," as Kelley puts it: There are more pull requests than reviewers.…