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Practical Open Source 2024 – Submit your proposal
The supply-side value of widely-used Open Source software is estimated to be worth $4.15 billion, and the demand-side value is much larger, at $8.8 trillion. And yet, maintaining a healthy business while producing Open Source software feels more like an art than a science. Practical Open Source is a program developed to facilitate the discussions…
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Compelling responses to NTIA’s AI Open Model Weights RFC
The OSI has compiled a compelling list of responses from nonprofit organizations and companies to NTIA’s AI Open Model Weights RFC.
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Open Source AI Definition – Weekly update April 8
Stay updated with the co-design process of the Open Source AI Definition.
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OSI participates in Columbia Convening on openness and AI; first readouts available
Stefano Maffulli participates in collaboration on building a framework for openness in AI with Mozilla and the Columbia Institute of Global Politics with technical and policy memorandums being released.
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OSI’s responds to NTIA on widely available AI models
In addition to joining a number of other organizations in responding to the NTIA’s Request for Comment on, OSI has provided its organizational response to the call for public comment, centering its encouragement on the societal benefits of open models and emphasizing the need to complete the development of a recognized definition of the concept…
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Open Source AI Definition – Weekly update April 2
Busy? Here’s whats been going on in the forum in the past week
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Members Newsletter – March 2024
The evolution of the Open Source AI Definition continues, and draft v.0.0.6 is now live and open for public comments. This draft contains one major change in the section “What is open source AI,” introducing the requirement to have access to the “preferred form to make modifications.” This change was made after working groups analyzed…
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Letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Raimondo urging protection of openness and transparency in AI
The OSI contributed, along with other members of civil society and academia, to a letter drafted by Mozilla and the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) asking the White House and Congress to exercise great caution when considering whether and how to regulate the publication of open models.
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Open Source AI Definition – Weekly Update Mar 25
The current draft is up for review and comment. Please spread the word with your peers as we are entering the last 2 months of drafting: this is the time to raise concerns and shape the final text of the Open Source AI Definition. Where to find the description of the “components” Open Source AI…
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Results of 2024 elections of OSI board of directors
The polls just closed, the results are in. Congratulations to the returning directors Thierry Carrez and Josh Berkus, and the newly elected director Chris Aniszczyk.
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