Favorite The OpenForum Academy Symposium 2025 organized by OpenForum Europe (OFE) brought together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and open technology leaders for two days of deep inquiry into how open technologies shape our economies, infrastructures, and societies. Hosted at FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this year’s theme “Open
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Shared by voicesofopensource December 3, 2025
Favorite At an event earlier this year, I heard someone describe the sustainability challenges we’re facing as, “open source is suffering from its own success,” and it’s true. The ecosystem that once thrived on volunteer collaboration now faces existential questions of regulation, funding, and sustainability. The good news is that
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Shared by voicesofopensource November 18, 2025
Favorite In October, the OSI hosted the State of the Source Track at All Things Open designed to connect developers with the big policy conversations shaping our ecosystem. Ruth Suehle, Patrick Masson, Amir Montazery, and Duane O’Brien organized the panel Beyond the Bottom Line: Sustaining the Open Source Ecosystem, exploring
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Shared by voicesofopensource November 3, 2025
Favorite On 16–17 September 2025, leaders from across the Open Source ecosystem gathered in Brussels for the third annual Open Source Congress (OSC), followed by the companion Stakeholder Day. This convening continues a journey that began in Geneva in 2023 (hosted by the Linux Foundation) and Beijing in 2024 (hosted
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Shared by voicesofopensource October 7, 2025
Favorite 38 million farmers in India received accurate AI-powered forecasts of the start of the monsoon season. View Original Source (blog.google/technology/ai/) Here.
Favorite An update on how we’re developing flexible data center capabilities to support power grids and build a sustainable, affordable energy system. View Original Source (blog.google/technology/ai/) Here.
Favorite Cosmetics company Lush is embracing Google Cloud AI to improve how they work. View Original Source (blog.google/technology/ai/) Here.
Favorite This post was co-written with Federico Thibaud, Neil Holloway, Fraser Price, Christian Dunn, and Frederica Schrager from Gardenia Technologies “What gets measured gets managed” has become a guiding principle for organizations worldwide as they begin their sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) journeys. Companies are establishing baselines to track their progress, supported by
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Shared by AWS Machine Learning June 12, 2025
Favorite As the European Union (EU) prepares its budget for the coming years, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has endorsed a proposal by Open Source think tank “Open Forum Europe” to create an EU Sovereign Tech Fund. The fund, modeled on the German Sovereign Tech fund, would support maintenance and
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Shared by voicesofopensource June 10, 2025