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Favorite 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 source AI” added, “Precondition to exercise these freedoms is to have access to the preferred form to make modifications
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Shared by voicesofopensource March 11, 2024
Favorite I was recently invited to join hosts Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo on The Changelog podcast. The Changelog features deep technical reviews and conversations about the most recent news in the world of software, and this was the first time anyone from the OSI has appeared on the show.
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Favorite A weekly summary of interesting threads on the forum. The results from the working groups are in The groups that analyzed OpenCV and Bloom have completed their work and the results of the votes have been published. We now have a full overview of the result of the four
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Favorite The recent US Executive Order on AI directs action for numerous federal agencies. This includes directing the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA*) to discuss benefits, risks and policy choices associated with dual-use foundation models, which are powerful models that can be fine-tuned and used for multiple purposes, with
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Favorite There is a debate within the AI community around the risks of widely releasing foundation models with their weights and the societal impact of that decision. Some are arguing that the wide availability of Llama2 or Stable Diffusion XL are a net negative for society. A position paper released
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Favorite Two years ago, we started migrating our website from Drupal to WordPress. We knew it wasn’t going to be a quick weekend project, but more of a journey. Today, we celebrate the final leg of this voyage – merging our blog back into the main site, creating a unified
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Favorite A weekly summary of interesting threads on the forum. Is the definition of “AI system” by the OECD too broad? Central question: Do we need to define what AI systems are? Yes, we need to define “AI systems” to have a clear target of what the freedoms refer to
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Favorite 2023 was a big year of progress toward our goal of establishing a Definition for Open Source AI, but we still have a long way to go. Strong momentum of global collaboration toward this end will continue in 2024, and we need your help. I detailed what we have
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Favorite Brussels, February 1, 2024 – Today, the results of the annual Open Source survey conducted by OpenLogic by Perforce in collaboration with the OSI and the Eclipse Foundation were shared in the 2024 State of Open Source Report. The 2024 State of Open Source Report sheds light on the
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Favorite At the August board meeting, the OSI board voted to add two new appointed seats, and at the December board meeting named Professor Sayeed Choudhury and Gaël Blondelle as new board members. The expansion of the board was voted upon to give greater operational stability and continuity to the
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