README: document AI assisted contribution convention

Add an "AI assisted contributions" section after the Signed-off-by
requirement so human contributors know AI assisted work is welcome and
that such commits must note the assistance with an Assisted-by (or
similar) trailer, mirroring the convention described in AGENTS.md.

Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ the `Signed-off-by` line in the commit should still be via the company
 address, but the submitter can use a personal address with the company address
 on CC for the MR or patch contribution.
 
+### AI assisted contributions
+
+AI assisted contributions are welcome. If a commit was aided by or generated by
+an AI agent or tool, the contribution must note this in the commit message using
+an `Assisted-by:` trailer (or a similar convention such as `Co-developed-by:`),
+naming the tool or model used. The exact tag is not critical; clearly surfacing
+that AI was involved in producing the change is what matters. This requirement
+is in addition to, and does not replace, the `Signed-off-by` requirement above.
+
 ## Quality
 
 If your commit adds new firmware, it must update the `WHENCE` file to