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The fall conference season in the US is especially busy. I’ve been fortunate enough to attend several events in the last month, but it was especially great to reconnect with the community at All Things Open. This was my first big Open Source conference as Executive Director as we hosted the State of the Source track. Many of our sessions were standing room only, and the feedback we heard was generous and useful. We’re grateful for that, and we’ll be posting recordings of the sessions soon.
The day after All Things Open, we hosted our first Open Source AI Salon. This was an important moment for us as we re-engage the community to discuss the Open Source AI Definition, look at everything we’ve collectively learned since version 1.0 was published two years ago, and chart the course for our next steps. We’ll be hosting many more of these events in the coming months. Watch this space for details.
November elections in the US produced a huge change in the legislative landscape. We expect a lot of activity in the policy landscape for Open Source and Open Source AI. Incoming legislators will propose new policies that affect how Open Source AI gets built and shared, including open weight models. The OSI and our partners in the Open Policy Alliance will be ready to help lawmakers understand what openness makes possible, and what’s at stake if it’s restricted. We’ll share more as the picture comes into focus.
Warm regards, Duane O’Brien Executive Director, OSI
Two years after the release of the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID 1.0), the Open Source Initiative hosted the first in a series of Open Source AI Salons, gatherings to discuss the future of the OSAID.
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