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

TechCrunch

“ Together team is committed to creating a vibrant open ecosystem that allows anyone from individuals to enterprises to participate.” Prakash previously founded social media search platform Topsy, which was acquired in 2013 by Apple, where he later became a senior director. Google Cloud, AWS, Azure).

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How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse

TechCrunch

WordPress, the open source software behind the company, is now estimated to power roughly 42% of all websites on the internet. Automattic focused on media at a time when that industry was being demolished by the internet. One early adopter was Matt Mullenweg, a 19-year-old jazz enthusiast in Texas.

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Capsule gets $1.5M to build ‘super simple’ decentralized social media

TechCrunch

Capsule founder Nadim Kobeissi, a cryptography researcher who previously authored the open-source E2E-encrypted desktop chat app Cryptocat, says they’re on track to put out an MVP this month — once they’ve made a few tweaks to the infrastructure. “The prototype is ready,” he tells TechCrunch.

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Web 3.0 is Future – But Why Will It Use Open-Source Coding And Decentralize Technology?

The Crazy Programmer

The current state of the internet is web 2.0 – one largely restricted in terms of creation and control. Two examples are websites like WordPress and social media sites like Facebook, which allow users to have creative control. is the third generation of the internet. Why Will It Use Open-Source Coding?

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Daily Crunch: Experts say Musk’s open-source vision could make Twitter vulnerable to attack

TechCrunch

We know, we know — all of these puns are clucking terrible, but what is a poor pair of newsletter writers to do when they pull our favorite social media site from the stork exchange? If you don’t give two craps about Twitter or Elon Musk … we’re really sorry, it’s got to suck being you on the internet right now.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: EPA Urges Water Plants To Boost Cybersecurity, as OpenSSF Launches Threat Intel Platform for Open Source Software

Tenable

Plus, open source developers have a new platform to share threat intelligence. Called Siren, the platform is hosted by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and aims to provide visibility into the tactics, techniques and procedures, as well as into the indicators of compromise associated with attacks targeting OSS.

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Don’t leave developers behind in the Section 230 debate

TechCrunch

Nicknamed the “26 words that created the internet” by Jeff Kosseff, Section 230 established a liability shield for platforms that host third-party content. In the nascent days of the internet, 230 created favorable legal conditions for startups and entrepreneurs to flourish, cementing the United States as a world leader in software.