Ai2’s Molmo 2 shows open-source models can rival proprietary giants in video understanding

Fresh off releasing the latest version of its Olmo foundation model, the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) launched its ...

Core Web Vitals Champ: Open Source Versus Proprietary Platforms

Core Web Vitals comparison across CMS platforms reveals a large gap between open source and closed proprietary platforms.
CoinTelegraph

What are open-source protocols, and how do they work?

Open-source protocols have become a mainstay in the tech world and are gaining traction due to the myriad benefits that they offer over their proprietary counterparts. The protocols are typically ...
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5 open-source apps from F-Droid that are better than their Play Store rivals

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is essential, but apps like Google Authenticator and Authy have a major flaw: they often lock you into their ecosystems. If you lose access to your Google account or if ...
TechCrunch

Some startups are going ‘fair source’ to avoid the pitfalls of open source licensing

With the perennial tensions between proprietary and open source software (OSS) unlikely to end anytime soon, a $3 billion startup is throwing its weight behind a new licensing paradigm — one that’s ...
SiliconANGLE

As enterprises adopt AI, open-source leaders worry about regulatory and proprietary issues

The open-source community has a message for regulators and the tech industry as it relates to artificial intelligence: Keep governance neutral and the technology open. This was one of the key talking ...
ZDNet

Dumping open source for proprietary rarely pays off: Better to stick a fork in it

LONDON -- Over the past decade, companies such as Redis, Elastic, MongoDB, and HashiCorp have abandoned their open-source license roots and switched to proprietary models. The companies cite ...
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What makes a 3D printer open source (and why it matters)

An open-source 3D printer is a device where all or some of the materials required to create the printer and the software that ...

Nvidia Wants To Be Your Open Source Model Provider

Nvidia sees Nemotron as a tool to drive further reliance worldwide on its hardware empire. By giving out this open model to ...
VentureBeat

Apple’s ToolSandbox reveals stark reality: Open-source AI still lags behind proprietary models

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Researchers at Apple have introduced ToolSandbox, a novel benchmark ...
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Elastic founder on returning to open source four years after going proprietary

"People sometimes think that we changed the license because we were upset with Amazon for taking our open source project and providing it 'as a service,'" Elastic co-founder and CTO Shay Banon told ...
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Open-Source AI matches top proprietary model in solving tough medical cases

Artificial intelligence can transform medicine in a myriad of ways, including its promise to act as a trusted diagnostic aide to busy clinicians. Over the past two years, proprietary AI models, also ...