Building the case for open licenses

The idea behind open licence is that while the originator of an idea remains the owner of the IP, liberalised licensing ...

'Like handing out the blueprint to a bank vault': Why AI led one company to abandon open source

Cal is moving its flagship open-source program to a proprietary model because it can't cope with the dangers of AI hacking ...
Fabbaloo

The Open Source Community Continues to Criticize Prusa Research’s OCL

Some continue to criticize Prusa Research’s new Open Community License, but why? The backstory: Last December, Prusa Research announced a new license for their products, specifically for their latest ...
TechCrunch

I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee

Arcee, a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a massive, 400B-parameter open source LLM on a $20 million shoestring budget, has released its new reasoning model. Arcee calls the model Trinity Large ...
Seeking Alpha

Meta may open source versions of its upcoming AI models: report

Meta Platforms (META) is preparing to release the first new AI models developed under Alexandr Wang and plans to eventually offer versions of these models through an open source license, Axios ...
ZDNet

Google's Gemma 4 model goes fully open-source and unlocks powerful local AI - even on phones

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
Ars Technica

Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license

Google’s Gemini AI models have improved by leaps and bounds over the past year, but you can only use Gemini on Google’s terms. The company’s Gemma open-weight models have provided more freedom, but ...
Mashable

Google launches Gemma 4, a new open-source model: How to try it

Google just released its newest AI model Gemma 4, which is now both open and open source. Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google just released the latest version of its ...
Rocky Mount Telegram

New license plate agency now open in Rocky Mount

For the first time in more than four months, Rocky Mount area residents on Monday did not have to go to Tarboro, Spring Hope or Wilson to tend to license plate-related business. A new license plate ...
TechCrunch

Mistral releases a new open source model for speech generation

French AI company Mistral released a new open source text-to-speech model on Thursday that can be used by voice AI assistants or in enterprise use cases like customer support. The model, which lets ...
Forbes

Why China Is Winning The Open Source AI Race

HONG KONG, CHINA - JANUARY 28: In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is seen on a phone in front of a flag of China on Jan. 28, 2025, in Hong Kong, China. (Photo illustration by Anthony ...