Making sure open source doesn’t fail AI
The lessons learned from cloud are spurring a proactive examination of what it means to be 'open source' in the rapidly evolving world of AI.
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News about open source
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Rethinking open source for AI
What are the license rights and restrictions for large language models? Do they cover weights and deep neural network architectures?
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Flutter 3.13 speeds rendering on iOS
Latest update to Google’s cross-platform UI framework makes Impeller the default graphics renderer on iOS, introduces two-dimensional scrolling.
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The open source licensing war is over
It’s time for the open source Rambos to stop fighting and agree that developers care more about software access and ease of use than the purity of its license.
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VMware picks up partners for open-source confidential computing development
VMware has enlisted AMD, Samsung, and RISC-V members to collaborate on its open-source Certifier Framework project.
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Red Hat puts Podman container management on the desktop
Red Hat has released Podman Desktop 1.0, a graphical desktop client for creating, deploying, and managing containers.
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Why did Databricks open source its LLM in the form of Dolly 2.0?
Databricks has released an open source-based iteration of its large language model (LLM), dubbed Dolly 2.0 in response to the growing demand for generative AI and related applications.
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Open source security fought back in 2022
One year after the Log4j disaster, open source community efforts and new developer toolchains are addressing the challenges of software supply chain security.
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What open source gets wrong with Mastodon
The open source alternative to Twitter is forgetting the customer experience in its rush to make a political statement about decentralisation.
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13 open source projects transforming AI and machine learning
The open source world is ripe with projects to support software development on the frontiers of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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When openness doesn’t matter
We can argue about the choices tech companies should or shouldn’t make, but at the end of the day, we keep buying what they’re selling.
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OpenSSF releases npm best practices to help developers tackle open source dependency risks
The npm Best Practices Guide aims to help JavaScript and TypeScript developers reduce the security risks of using open source dependencies.
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8 open source projects taking collaboration to the next level
Today's workplace is all about collaboration, and as more teams go remote, the need for innovative tools is stronger than ever.
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Is open source leadership helping Google?
Google’s huge commitment to open source projects shows in GitHub contributor counts, while AWS’s strategy has been making open source easy for customers to use. Who’s winning?
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Majority of open source developers eyeing job change
A majority of open source developers are eyeing new job opportunities amid the "Great Resignation", which has seen workloads increase drastically.
