I published a version of this article on Medium eight years ago. This version is updated with new references and arguments. Over the last few years, I’ve been a part of lots of discussions — across ...

Imagine a world where countries work together like open-source code. This is what happened when Britain and Italy tried to change how they work together. Britain was the “reluctant sheriff” and Italy ...

When you hear the term "open source," it's talking about any publicly accessible design that people are free to change and share as they please. It started with software development, with code that ...

Overview Open-source AI gains momentum globally as startups, governments, and enterprises seek flexibility and innovation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an MIT Senior Fellow & Lecturer, 5x-founder & VC investing in AI When teams prepare large language models to operate, they ...

Open source has become less of a “thing” in the last few years. Oh, sure, you’ll find the usual suspects waving their “open source is always better” flag, even as the AI community keeps releasing ...

Open source has never been about a sprawling community of contributors. Not in the way we’ve imagined it, anyway. Most of the software we all depend on is maintained by a tiny core of people, often ...

Why AI is both a curse and a blessing to open-source software - according to developers ...