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Deshni Govender: Voices of the Open Source AI Definition

Deshni Govender: Voices of the Open Source AI Definition

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is running a series of stories about a few of the people involved in the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) co-design process. Today, we are featuring Deshni Govender, one of the volunteers who has helped to shape and are shaping the OSAID.

August 1, 2024

Hailey Schoelkopf: Voices of the Open Source AI Definition

Hailey Schoelkopf: Voices of the Open Source AI Definition

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is running a series of stories about a few of the people involved in the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) co-design process. Today, we are featuring Hailey Schoelkopf, one of the volunteers who has helped to shape and are shaping the OSAID.

July 25, 2024

Better identifying conda packages with ClearlyDefined

Better identifying conda packages with ClearlyDefined

ClearlyDefined now provides a new harvester implementation for conda, a popular package manager with a large collection of pre-built packages for various domains, including data science, machine learning, scientific computing and more.

July 23, 2024

Cailean Osborne: voices of the Open Source AI Definition

Cailean Osborne: voices of the Open Source AI Definition

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is running a series of stories about a few of the people involved in the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) co-design process. Today, we are featuring Cailean Osborne, one of the volunteers who has helped to shape and are shaping the OSAID.

July 18, 2024

Members Newsletter – July 2024

Members Newsletter – July 2024

Doing business for and with Open Source can be a challenging endeavor, yet the market value of Open Source software from the supply and especially the demand side shows that…

July 17, 2024

Mer Joyce: voices of the Open Source AI Definition

Mer Joyce: voices of the Open Source AI Definition

Meet Mer Joyce, founder and principal of Do Big Good, independent consultant hired by the OSI to lead the OSAID co-design process.

July 10, 2024

Beyond SPDX: expanding licenses identified by ClearlyDefined

Beyond SPDX: expanding licenses identified by ClearlyDefined

ClearlyDefined now supports non-SPDX licenses. Scancode already provides this functionality and it offers mapping from these non-SPDX licenses to the SPDX LicenseRef. Organizations using ClearlyDefined now have the option to decide how to handle non-SPDX licenses based on their own needs.

July 9, 2024

Highlights from AI_dev Paris

Highlights from AI_dev Paris

On June 19-20, the Linux Foundation hosted AI_dev: Open Source GenAI & ML Summit Europe 2024. We highlight some presentations from AI_dev Paris and how they are aligned with OSI’s work on the Open Source AI Definition.

July 3, 2024

Members Newsletter – June 2024

Members Newsletter – June 2024

In our efforts to establish a stable Open Source AI Definition, one of the most challenging aspects has been data and its availability. There are some people arguing that the…

June 30, 2024

Members Newsletter – May 2024

Members Newsletter – May 2024

Work on the Open Source AI Definition is continuing on schedule, with v0.0.8 published in hopes of reaching a release candidate next month and a stable version in October. Version…

May 30, 2024

OSI at PyCon US: engaging with AI practitioners and developers as we reach OSAID’s first release candidate

OSI at PyCon US: engaging with AI practitioners and developers as we reach OSAID’s first release candidate

As part of the Open Source AI Definition roadshow and as we approach the first release candidate of the draft, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) participated at PyCon US 2024,…

May 29, 2024

Unveiling ClearlyDefined: this free SBOM service gets cleared for takeoff

Unveiling ClearlyDefined: this free SBOM service gets cleared for takeoff

With all the buzz around SBOMs and Open Source supply chain compliance and security, a new revolution is igniting at ClearlyDefined. This amazing project has been flying under the radar…

May 16, 2024

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