Open Data and Open Source AI: Charting a course to get more of both
The Open Source Initiative organized a workshop to discuss data sharing and governance for AI training. This is a teaser of a whitepaper coming in a few weeks.
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Thought pieces from people (may include staff and board members) and organizations.
Explaining the concept of Data information
This post clarifies how the draft Open Source AI Definition arrived at its current state, the design principles behind the Data information concept and the constraints (legal and technical) it operates under.
Contributions of Open Source to AI: a panel discussion at CPDP-ai conference
Discussing the challenges of Open Source AI when it comes to data, hardware, big tech companies and government regulations as a panelist at the CPDP-ai conference in Brussels.
Why datasets built on public domain might not be enough for AI
Common Corpus is a public domain dataset for training large language models (LLMs). Boasting 500 billion words in multiple languages, drawn from various cultural initiatives, it offers researchers a powerful tool to develop smaller and more efficient LLMs. It should not be abused as a tool to promote public policies that expand the reach of copyright law.
CRA standards request draft published
The European Commission recently published a public draft of the standards request associated with the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). For those who depend on incorporating or creating Open Source software, there is an encouraging new development found here. For the first time in a European standards request, there is an express requirement to respect the needs of Open Source developers and users.
A comparative view of AI definitions as we move toward standardization
The evolution of the EU AI Act is progressing toward a technology-neutral definition for AI to be applied to future AI systems. In the coming months, multiple states will agree on precise legal definitions, which reflect moral considerations of the role that AI will and will not be allowed to play in Europe for the very first time. And formally defining AI is an ongoing debate.
A historic view of the practice to delay releasing Open Source software: OSI’s report
New report explores from a historical perspective the “Delayed Open Source Publication” (DOSP), the practice to delay the release of code under Open Source licenses.
Open Source AI: Establishing a common ground
The Open Source community should not write its own definition of an AI system as there are too many dangers with doing that. It’s safer to adopt a well established one.
To trust AI, it must be open and transparent. Period.
People started thinking, “We love Open Source software, so, let’s have Open Source AI, too.”
But what is Open Source AI? And the answer is: we don’t know yet.
Modern EU policies need the voices of the fourth sector
The European Commission needs to extend its consultations, Expert Groups and other work to include and consider the fourth sector.
Recap/Summary of the Digital Market Act workshop in Brussels
This Monday, I was in Brussels to attend a stakeholder workshop for the Digital Market Act (DMA) organized by the European Commission. For those who aren’t familiar with the DMA,…
The Fediverse unlocks a world of composable distributed apps
There’s more to Mastodon than just replacing Twitter. ActivityPub has the potential to end the reign of monetized surveillance with a switch to user-owned applications.