Author name: Zin Lwin

“Open source as a digital public good needs government funding ” says Amanda Brick, Kelsey Hightower and Peter Zaitsev

Amanda Brock reacts to Percona’s report that 70% of Redis users are looking at alternatives and in particular the Linux Foundation hosted Valkey fork.

The challenge of the usage of the term “open source” in the context of AI is explored by The New Stack with CEO Amanda Brock raising concerns that a second definition may risk undermining the Open Source Software Definition.

In response to the Elastic shift back to open source software licensing, our CEO, Amanda Brock expanded on why the open source community is invested in licenses actually meeting the true definition of open source and the frictionless freedom this creates. The lines are often blurred in this ecosystem so clarity and transparency is critical to avoid open washing.

Amanda Brock welcomes long term open source software contributor Elastic back to the open source fold, as this prodigal child reverts to an open source software licence.

There are lessons the UK can learn from the EU’s AI Act that will likely prove to be an overly prescriptive and unwieldy cautionary tale of regulatory capture with only the largest companies able to comply, stifling innovation in the EU,” said Amanda Brock.

Labour advised to balance regulation with the spirit of innovation on AI.

The focus on being appropriately narrow and – from a safety lens – regulating only the largest models is well-received. For innovation to prevail, AI must be open… through informed understanding, the UK can leverage AI openness to acquire leadership on the world stage, enshrined in appropriate knowledge of benefits and risks that enable the transparency necessary to create trust.