Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Generative AI, Open Source, Technology Industry

Open Source Initiative (OSI) chief Stefano Maffulli says Meta is “bullying” the industry on the concept of open source. The Economist more colorfully characterizes the dispute as “bare-it-all purists … confronting Meta, the social-media giant controlled by a mankini-clad Mark Zuckerberg.” It’s all much ado about something as AI proves exceptionally difficult to stuff into…

A peculiar trend has taken hold within the AI gold rush: Major players in the space—from OpenAI to Google and Microsoft—have started to heavily market their AI models as “open.” These companies are using terms like “open AI” to align with notions of transparency, collaboration, and shared progress associated with open source software. However, a…