ActiveState today announced it is rebranding and relaunching its product as an open source management platform to help enterprises manage open source complexities, ensure supply chain security, and streamline DevSecOps. The platform, which integrates with existing tools, aims to proactively manage open-source risks by providing tools for discovery, analysis, remediation, and governance. It offers a … continue reading
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) today released its open source AI definition version 1.0 to clarify what constitutes open source AI. This gives the industry a standard by which to validate whether or not an AI system can be deemed Open Source AI. The definition covers code, model, and data information, with the latter being … continue reading
The Eclipse Foundation recently conducted a report on open source in the Global South, the region of the world which the United Nations defines as “the developing and emerging industrial economies across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and Oceania.” To learn about the findings of the report and what they mean, we spoke with … continue reading
The process of coming up with an official Open Source AI Definition has been progressing along, and now the Open Source Initiative (OSI) — the group that has been spearheading this effort — has announced Release Candidate 1 for the definition. The OSI started the process of creating this definition back in 2022, and for … continue reading
Daytona is an open source tool for setting up development environments in one command. “Setting up a dev environment can feel like starting a car in the 1900s—engaging the handbrake, adjusting the fuel valve, mixture control, spark advance, choke, and throttle, turning the ignition, and often running into issues. With Daytona, it’s like starting a … continue reading
For the past two years, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has been working on developing a definition for Open Source AI that the industry can use to determine which models are actually considered open, and it has a new draft of the definition to share as it nears the final release in October. According to … continue reading
CockroachDB has announced a change to its licensing model that will allow startups and smaller companies to use it for free, while still making money off the larger companies that can afford to pay for it. Previously, CockroachDB was available as a free Core version that was designed more for individuals and startups, and a … continue reading
A few weeks ago, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released Dioptra, an open source tool for testing the trustworthiness of AI models. Dioptra offers a common platform for assessing models throughout their life cycle, from when they are being developed to when they are acquired by other parties who want to then … continue reading
The White House is issuing recommendations not to restrict the use of open source AI models, based on a report from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The report recommends open models continue to be monitored for potential risks. Part of NTIA’s recommendation is that the government should start an ongoing … continue reading
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is hoping to extend its longevity and attract new people into the free software movement by making improvements to its governance process, resulting in the addition of three new board members. Joining the board effective June 23, 2024 are John Gilmore, Christina Haralanova, and Maria Chiara Pievatolo. The board reviewed … continue reading
Unity Catalog is an open source governance catalog for data and AI, developed by Databricks and open sourced earlier this week at the company’s Data + AI Summit. Companies can use it to govern structured and unstructured data, and machine learning models, notebooks, dashboards, and files. It offers interoperability with any data format and compute … continue reading
Microsoft has announced that OpenAI has created an official library for .NET for the OpenAI API. It includes full support for the OpenAI API, including Assistants v2 and Chat Completions, as well as the latest model, GPT-4o. With the release of this library, developers will now be able to build their own libraries on top … continue reading
