What Does 'Open Source' Actually Mean, And How Did It Start?

There is no shortage of available open source software out there. Some well-known examples are Mozilla Firefox and the Linux operating system.
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The Open Source Initiative's executive director departs - what it means for the OSAID debate

Stefano Maffulli, the OSI's first executive director, is leaving. His biggest challenge was working on AI and open source software. Under his leadership, the OSI created the Open-Source AI Definition.

Meta returns to open source AI with Omnilingual ASR models that can transcribe 1,600+ languages natively

Meta has just released a new multilingual automatic speech recognition (ASR) system supporting 1,600+ languages — dwarfing ...
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AI Drives Need for New Open Source Licenses – Linux Publishes the OpenMDW License

For many reasons, existing open source licenses are not a good fit for AI. Simply put, AI involves more than just software and most open source licenses are designed primarily for software. Much work ...

Open source does not mean open to vulnerabilities

Open source software is secure and vital for digital sovereignty, countering misconceptions about vulnerabilities and data ...
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Open Source AI: Cost-Effective and Widely Used, Says Meta-Backed Report

Open Source AI: Cost-Effective and Widely Used, Says Meta-Backed Report Your email has been sent Meta-funded study touts the benefits of open source AI, but some critics say its own Llama models don’t ...

Moonshot launches open-source ‘Kimi K2 Thinking’ AI with a trillion parameters and reasoning capabilities

Moonshot launches open-source ‘Kimi K2 Thinking’ AI with a trillion parameters and reasoning capabilities - SiliconANGLE ...
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Trump's AI plan says a lot about open source - but here's what it leaves out

As expected, President Donald Trump's administration recently unveiled Winning the Race: AI Action Plan went all in on liberating AI companies to do what they want to make sure "that the United States ...