Kubernetes announced a formal AI policy to guide the growing use of generative AI in its codebase. The policy mandates that contributors disclose any AI assistance in pull‑request descriptions, prohibits listing AI as a co‑author, and holds the human author fully responsible for the changes. It also integrates CLA checks for co‑authors and sets expectations for reviewers to engage with the human submitter, not the AI. The community is experimenting with AI‑driven review tools such as GitHub Copilot and CodeRabbit, but adoption is limited to maintainers until broader licensing and governance issues are resolved. The policy aims to balance the speed of AI‑generated code with the need for maintainability and accountability in this critical open‑source project.