Software that is free to use creates many opportunities – not all of which are good

You’ve probably heard artificial intelligence models described as “open” or “closed.” These are not descriptions of the model’s personality. Large language model AIs like the one under the hood of ChatGPT don’t have actual personalities,

Defining and evaluating openness in AI requires examining both the model and system stack, including interfaces, safeguards, infrastructure, and deployment practices

AI models that are open source allow developers and users to see and modify the underlying program code.

As Chinese AI models grow in capability and popularity among US companies, the arguing over what should be done about them has reached a fever pitch.

Founded in 2022 by CEO Marc Austin, a Cisco networking veteran, Hedgehog develops open-source software designed to make private AI data centers operate more like hyperscale clouds.

When you hear the term "open source," it's talking about any publicly accessible design that people are free to change and share as they please. It started with software development, with code that anyone could view, modify, and distribute, but it has ...

IBM and Red Hat launch Lightwell to defend open-source code from AI attacks

The finance sector has an interesting relationship with open source. For many years, open source was not trusted, with concerns about security due to the fact that everyone can see the code involved. At the start, the emphasis was firmly on how to use free ...

OpenAI and Anthropic are quietly lobbying Washington regulators to restrict open-source AI models, sparking pushback across Silicon Valley.