Favorite By this point, you’ve seen the news about open-weight AI models and the debate over their security, efficiency, and impact on both local and national economies. Scores of businesses have come out in support of open-weights, highlighting how they increase access to advanced AI and maintain competition in the
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Shared by voicesofopensource September 16, 2026
Favorite The Open Source Initiative joins the Open Forum for AI (OFAI) in supporting calls for the U.S. to develop more open models because they promote competition in AI through local control and lower costs. The OFAI is a university-led, collaborative initiative that aims to bend the arc toward human-centered,
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Shared by voicesofopensource September 15, 2026
Favorite We invite the Open Source community to participate in the OSI Governance Survey and help inform the future of OSI’s governance. The survey is an opportunity for community members and stakeholders to share their perspectives on how OSI’s Board of Directors should be selected and seated. The Open Source
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Shared by voicesofopensource August 17, 2026
Favorite Summer is normally quiet in Brussels, but this year might just be the exception: over the last month, the EU has passed two milestones in implementing its Cyber Resilience (CRA) and AI acts. The OSI has been engaged with European policymakers over the past two years to ensure those
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Shared by voicesofopensource August 13, 2026
Favorite A surge of openness in AI has defined 2026. Amid calls for both caution and support, prevailing trends point to a future in which models are built and released openly. Recent research offers new insight into the adoption of open AI systems, who benefits, and the role of Open
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Shared by voicesofopensource August 12, 2026
Favorite This week’s reporting out of Washington (See: “Top American AI Execs Sound Alarm on Chinese Models”, The Wall Street Journal, July 20) describes an administration weighing whether to restrict American access to open weight AI models, particularly the ones released by labs in China. The measures reportedly under discussion
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Shared by voicesofopensource July 24, 2026
Favorite It’s our goal for AWS to be the most secure place to run any workload, and in support of that we’ve been deeply investing in security across our services since AWS’s inception more than two decades ago. Our AI services like Amazon Bedrock are built on this foundation and with the
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Shared by AWS Machine Learning July 1, 2026
Favorite The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is pleased to announce the launch of the Open Source AI Fellowship at UN Open Source Week. The fellowship will support OSI’s work to advance understanding, measure trends, engage in policy, and build consensus around what it means for an AI system to be
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Shared by voicesofopensource June 23, 2026
Favorite The Open Source Initiative (OSI) recently submitted comments to Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) regarding its draft guidance on technology providers under the ECA Digital framework, a law to protect children and teenagers in digital environments. Our contribution focused on ensuring that implementation of the law recognizes the
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Shared by voicesofopensource June 18, 2026
Favorite The Open Source Initiative’s 2025 Annual Report documents a year in which Open Source found itself at the center of major debates around AI, cybersecurity, sustainability, and public policy. In 2025, OSI continued its work to protect and advance the Open Source ecosystem through licensing stewardship, policy engagement, research,
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Shared by voicesofopensource June 17, 2026