But the distinction between ‘open’ and ‘closed’ AI models is not as simple as it might appear. While Meta describes its Llama models as open-source, it doesn’t meet the new definition published last month by the Open Source Initiative, which has historically set the industry standard for what constitutes open source.
The Open Source Initiative, which came up with the term “open source” and continues to act as its steward, recently issued a definition of open-source AI that clearly doesn’t apply to Llama for these reasons.
Developed over the past year and released in final form by the Open Source Initiative’s (OSI’s) more than 20 sponsoring organisations at the end of October, OSAID v1.0 outlines ‘four freedoms’ that members believe every genAI system must embrace.
This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with , Executive Director of the , about the definition of open source and… the definition of open source AI.
The release of version 1.0 was announced today at All Things Open 2024, an industry conference focused on common issues of interest to the worldwide Open Source community. The OSAID offers a standard by which community-led, open and public evaluations will be conducted to validate whether or not an AI system can be deemed Open Source AI.
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) released Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) 1.0 on Oct. 28, 2024, at the All Things Open conference. Creating it wasn’t easy. It took the OSI almost two years to create and set up the OSAID.
Today at All Things Open, Open Source Initiative announced the release of the Open Source AI Definition, possibly paving the way for open source AI licensing.
The release of version 1.0 was announced today at All Things Open 2024, an industry conference focused on common issues of interest to the worldwide Open Source community.
One such particularly important initiative has been the work to define open source AI stewarded by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) with the involvement of a large number of stakeholders and experts. After a two year long process the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) Version 1.0 was released on October 28.
The OSI finally makes a new definition for open source AI systems, encouraging organizations to do more instead of slapping the term “open source.”
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has officially released version 1.0 of its Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) on Oct. 28 at the 2024 All Things Open conference this week. It’s been a long slow journey to this significant milestone in the effort to establish a clear standard for open source artificial intelligence (AI).
The Open Source AI Definition will provide a reference for determining whether an AI system is truly open source AI, OSI said.
