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Favorite 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. The Open Source Initiative wants
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Shared by voicesofopensource April 9, 2024
Favorite The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) posted a request for comments on Dual Use Foundation Artificial Intelligence Models with Widely Available Model Weights, and it has received 362 comments. In addition to the Open Source Initiative’s (OSI) joint letter drafted by Mozilla and the Center for Democracy and
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Favorite Seeking document reviewers for OpenCV This is your final opportunity to register for the review of licenses provided by OpenCV. Join us for our upcoming phase, where we meticulously compare various systems’ documentation against our latest definition to test compatibility. For more information, check the forum Action on the
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Favorite I was invited to join Mozilla and the Columbia Institute of Global Politics in an effort that explores what “open” should mean in the AI era. A cohort of 40 leading scholars and practitioners from Open Source AI startups and companies, non-profit AI labs, and civil society organizations came
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Favorite March 27, 2024 Mr. Bertram LeeNational Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)U.S. Department of Commerce1401 Constitution Avenue NWWashington, DC 20230 RE: [Docket Number 240216-0052] Dual Use Foundation Artificial Intelligence Models with Widely Available Model Weights Dear Mr. Lee: The Open Source Initiative (“OSI”) appreciates the opportunity to provide our views
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Favorite Seeking document reviewers for Pythia and OpenCV We are now in the process of reviewing legal documents to check the compatibility with the version 0.0.6 definition of open-source AI, specifically for Pythia and OpenCV. Click here to see the past activities of the four working groups To get involved,
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Favorite 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. The
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Favorite 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
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Favorite 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. Thierry Carrez has been confirmed and joins as a director elected by the Affiliate organizations. Chris Aniszczyk and Josh Berkus collected the votes of
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Favorite Comments on draft 0.0.6 from the forum Point raised by participant that training data has been listed both as optional and a precondition. This might cause confusion as it is unclear whether we should have the right to access training data or know what training data was used for
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