The AI renaissance and why Open Source matters

Favorite Sharing knowledge and sharing code has always been a key driver for innovation in Artificial Intelligence. Researchers have gathered together since AI was established as a field to develop and advance novel techniques, from Natural Language Processing to Artificial Neural Networks, from Machine Learning to Deep Learning. The Open

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Shared by voicesofopensource June 6, 2023

Foundation models for reasoning on charts

Favorite Posted by Julian Eisenschlos, Research Software Engineer, Google Research Visual language is the form of communication that relies on pictorial symbols outside of text to convey information. It is ubiquitous in our digital life in the form of iconography, infographics, tables, plots, and charts, extending to the real world

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Shared by Google AI Technology May 26, 2023

100 things we announced at I/O 2023

Favorite Google I/O 2023 was filled with news and launches — here are 100 things announced at I/O. View Original Source (blog.google/technology/ai/) Here.

Why advocacy and outreach matter

Favorite Despite a 25-year history, Open Source is still misunderstood or misrepresented. I still read about developers, a cohort you’d expect to know better, arguing whether software licensed with the GNU GPL is Open Source because “one cannot resell it” (hint: the GNU GPL doesn’t prevent users from selling software.)

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Shared by voicesofopensource April 14, 2023

Results of 2023 elections of OSI board of directors

Favorite The polls just closed, the results are in. Congratulations to the returning directors Aeva Black, and Catharina Maracke, and the newly elected director Anne-Marie Scott. Anne-Marie Scott has been confirmed and joins as a director elected by the Affiliate organizations. She’ll take the seat that was occupied by Hong-Phuc

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Shared by voicesofopensource March 21, 2023