Open Source AI Definition – Weekly update April 2
Busy? Here’s whats been going on in the forum in the past week
Recent Posts
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.
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…
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.
Open Source AI Definition – Weekly update Mar 18
Busy? Here is the summary of the top discussions on OSI’s forums.
ClearlyDefined at the ORT Community Days
Once again Bosch’s campus in Berlin received ORT Community Days, the annual event organized by the OSS Review Toolkit (ORT) community. ORT is an Open Source suite of tools to automate software compliance checks.
Three perspectives from FOSS Backstage
FOSS Backstage is a conference that fosters discussions around three complementary perspectives: a) community health and growth, b) project governance and sustainability, and c) supply chain compliance and security.
Open Source AI Definition – weekly update Mar 11
Big week, marked by the release of draft 0.0.6! The document is available for live comments and more general comments on the forum. Changes in the section “What is open…
A candid conversation on The Changelog Podcast about defining Open Source AI, and what is really at stake
Listen to The Changelog podcast discussing the work of the OSI, especially toward a formal Definition of Open Source AI.
Open Source AI Definition – weekly update Mar 4
What was hot on the forum last week.
NTIA engages civil society on questions of open foundation models for AI, hears benefits of openness in the public interest
OSI shares key takeaways from a recent listening session of the National Telecommunications and Information Agency conducted with Civil Society organizations about the benefits and risks associated with offering wide availability of model weights and other components of open and closed foundation models.
New risk assessment framework offers clarity for open AI models
The marginal risk associated with open foundation models has been clarified in a recent position paper, addressing a contentious debate in the AI community.