Ars Technica

AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer program without copying that program’s copyright-protected code directly.
ZDNet

How AI has suddenly become much more useful to open-source developers

Top open-source maintainers find that AI has suddenly become much more useful. There are still legal and 'AI slop' problems to overcome. By year's end, AI programming tools should be much more ...
SiliconANGLE

Ai2 releases open-source visual AI agent that can take control of web browsers

Allen Institute for AI, a prominent Seattle-based nonprofit research organization working on advancing artificial intelligence models and systems, today launched a new open-source AI agent that can ...
ZDNet

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

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
Forbes

Open Source AI Is Moving From Sideshow To Strategy

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SiliconANGLE

Featherless.ai pulls in $20M to scale serverless hosting for open-source AI models

Featherless.ai Inc., a serverless inference platform startup that hosts open-source artificial intelligence models, today revealed it has raised $20 million in new funding to expand its global ...
Phys.org

Open-source AI assistant can improve research workflow

Lehigh University researchers have built the first "AI for Science" software tool designed to support the entire project workflow for research scientists. Dr. Claw is an open-source, full-stack AI ...
TechSpot

AI can clone open-source software in minutes, and that's a problem

Why it matters: Artificial intelligence is forcing a reckoning within the open-source community. The technology's ability to replicate software at scale is blurring the line between innovation and ...
Mashable

Google launches Gemma 4, a new open-source model: How to try it

Google just released its newest AI model Gemma 4, which is now both open and open source. Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google just released the latest version of its ...
Campus Technology

Microsoft Releases Open Source AI Safety Tools for Agent Development

Microsoft releases RAMPART and Clarity as open source to improve AI agent safety engineering. RAMPART turns red-team findings into repeatable AI safety tests for CI pipelines. Clarity helps developers ...
Forbes

Why China Is Winning The Open Source AI Race

HONG KONG, CHINA - JANUARY 28: In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is seen on a phone in front of a flag of China on Jan. 28, 2025, in Hong Kong, China. (Photo illustration by Anthony ...