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10 things to watch out for with open source gen AI

CIO

Even if you don’t have the training data or programming chops, you can take your favorite open source model, tweak it, and release it under a new name. According to Stanford’s AI Index Report, released in April, 149 foundation models were released in 2023, two-thirds of them open source.

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Why Modernizing Mainframe Development Needs Secure Open Source

CIO

One technology that modern mainframes need is secure open-source software. Four years ago, the Linux Foundation’s Open Mainframe Project introduced Zowe , a first-of-its-kind open-source framework based on z/OS, making it easier than ever to connect the gap between modern applications and the mainframe.

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Zilliz raises $43 million as investors rush to China’s open source software

TechCrunch

For years, founders and investors in China had little interest in open source software because it did not seem like the most viable business model. The three-year-old Chinese startup, which builds open source software for processing unstructured data, recently closed a Series B round of $43 million.

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Linux Foundation Lists Top Open Source Libraries

DevOps.com

The Linux Foundation today published a report that provides access to eight lists of the top 500 open source libraries being used by organizations as part of an ongoing effort to help better secure software supply chains. The post Linux Foundation Lists Top Open Source Libraries appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models

TechCrunch

“Together is spearheading AI’s ‘Linux moment’ by providing an open ecosystem across compute and best in class foundation models,” Lux Capital’s Brandon Reeves told TechCrunch via email. Current cloud offerings, with closed-source models and data, do not meet their requirements.”

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Daily Crunch: Major tech firms partner with Linux Foundation to support open map data development

TechCrunch

: A gaggle of companies, including Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom, have partnered with the Linux Foundation to form the Overture Maps Foundation to do a few things: develop interoperable open map data and knock Google’s map dominance down a few pegs. Another tool to decipher Salesforce : Too much data, not enough time.

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Pure Open-Source Kubernetes

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In a short time, the open-source ecosystem has evolved from niche projects with limited corporate backing to the de facto way to build software. Today, organizations large and small are adopting open-source software to accelerate product development and innovation. What Is Pure Upstream Open-Source Kubernetes?