To trust AI, it must be open and transparent. Period.
People started thinking, “We love Open Source software, so, let’s have Open Source AI, too.”
But what is Open Source AI? And the answer is: we don’t know yet.
Recent Posts
Open Source Initiative Hosts 2nd Deep Dive AI Event, Aims to Define ‘Open Source’ for AI
The Open Source Definition isn’t directly applicable to AI systems, so global experts will gather to establish shared principles to protect the values of Open Source during this period of hyper growth in AI technology.
The Approved Open Source Licenses never looked better
The Open Source community needs a resource to confidently and easily identify licenses that have gained OSI approval, and now they have it. This Approval Registry offers a comprehensive and authoritative listing of all licenses so organizations know that the license they choose for their project allows their software to be freely used, modified, shared and monetized in compliance with the Open Source Definition.
Diverse Open Source uses highlight need for precision in Cyber Resilience Act
The final legislative phase of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is starting and the drafts still have issues arising from framing by the Commission or Parliament. Read OSI’s recommendations to frame the trialogue.
Driving the global conversation about “Open Source AI”
The global conversation on what constitutes “Open Source AI” continues, hosted by the Open Source Initiative.
COSCUP unveiled
Paloma Oliveira ‘s reflections on the COSCUP conference in Taiwan where she shared a talk on 25 years of Open Source.
Recap of Hacker Summer Camp
This past week I had the opportunity to attend four exciting conferences in Las Vegas that are part of the “Hacker Summer Camp”, all very different from each other, but all sharing the same passion for bringing people together to collaborate: the Diana Initiative, Ai4, Black Hat, and DEFCON.
Celebrating 25 years of Open Source at Campus Party
OSI has been celebrating 25 years of Open Source at tech conferences around the world.
Takeaways from the “Defining Open AI” community workshop
Stakeholders gathered at FOSSY 2023 for the first community discussion on defining “open” AI.
The AI renaissance and why open innovation matters
In our previous article, we highlighted various advancements that have been made by the Open Source community around LLMs in recent months. This second part will focus on various AI…
Meta’s LLaMa license is not Open Source
Meta is lowering barriers for access to powerful AI systems, but unfortunately, Meta has created the misunderstanding that LLaMa 2 is “open source” – it is not.
Three takeaways from Data + AI Summit
I came back from connecting with the Open Source community at the Data + AI Summit in San Francisco with several big takeaways. I share them here…