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What is open source?

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 ...
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 ...
HONG KONG, CHINA - JANUARY 28: In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek logo is seen next to the Chat GPT logo on a phone on January 28, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo illustration by Anthony ...
Nvidia emphasizes greater transparency in its Nemotron 3 models, especially with respect to training data that enterprises care about.
U.S. AI models still control over 70 percent of the market, but a collaborative, open source approach has enabled Chinese labs to punch far above their weight. For the second time in six months, a ...
OpenAI just dropped two new open-weights models. Here's why that isn't the same as being fully open. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video ...