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OSI work in developing an Open Source AI definition featured in the State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem 2023 report

OSI's work is featured in the State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem 2023 report, published by the Digital Public Goods Alliance. The post OSI work in developing an Open Source AI definition featured in the …

2023 in review: many reasons to celebrate

Wrapping up a busy one for the Open Source Initiative as we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Open Source while looking towards present and future challenges and opportunities. The post 2023 in review: many reasons to …

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Open Source AI: Establishing a common ground

The Open Source community should not write its own definition of an AI system as there are too many dangers with doing that. It's safer to adopt a well established one. The post Open Source AI: …

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