September 18, 2023 Government officials and private sector executives from around the world are gathering in Washington this week to discuss ways to improve the security of open source software. Open-source software is used in a wide variety more...
September 13, 2023 Contrast Security, a provider of application security testing, has open sourced an AI policy designed to help organizations manage privacy and security risks when using Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). The policy addresses more...
September 12, 2023 Apple has open sourced the code for its 200 billion parameter LLM, Ajax GPT. The code is available on GitHub and can be used by anyone to train their own large language models. This is more...
September 11, 2023 There has been a number of bogus security reports filed against popular open-source software projects. These reports have claimed to find critical vulnerabilities in software like cURL and PostgreSQL, but upon closer inspection, they have more...
August 31, 2023 Meta has been open sourcing almost all of its AI creations in recent years, and the company has been praised for its commitment to open source. A new report however raised concerns about Meta's plans more...
August 28, 2023 CIQ, SUSE, and Oracle have formed the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA), a trade association that will provide source code compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The alliance was formed in response to Red more...
August 28, 2023 Debian, the oldest and most popular free Linux distribution, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The distro was founded by Ian Murdock in 1993 and has since become the foundation for many other popular distros, including more...
August 3, 2023 Linux kernel chief Linus Torvalds has suggested disabling AMD's fTPM firmware-based TPM module altogether, due to ongoing issues with the module causing intermittent stuttering. TPMs are used to securely create and store cryptographic keys, certificates, more...
July 31, 2023 A group of major technology companies, including Meta, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and TomTom, have announced the launch of the Overture Maps Foundation. The foundation's goal is to create a free and open source map more...
July 25, 2023 Meta has released a large language model called Llama 2, which the company claims is open source. The license for Llama 2 however contains restrictions that prevent it from meeting the definition of open source more...
