Maintainers at State of Open Con discuss being under pressure with The Register
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Last year, Amanda Brock commended Meta’s “direction of openness”, but said its Llama 3 model can’t truly be considered “100% open source” as we see an industry shift to even Sam Altman being pro open source in 2025! reported ITPro
Amanda Brock reports for computing from the AI Action Summit in Paris, saying “collaborate, baby, collaborate” as she explains the importance of the open source and public interest announcements across the summit.
Amanda Brock sees ROOST open source tools as sees tools as essential for AI safety, contrasting them with the European Commission’s “cumbersome and complex AI Act”.
Dr Laura Gilbert discusses the UK’s government commitment to openness and what the application of restrictions to open source means.
Fintech Times by Gina Clarke reports across State of Open Con, including “morning plenaries, expertly ran by Amanda Brock, and the conference’s key talking points”. Fintech Times by Gina Clarke reports across State of Open Con, including “morning plenaries, expertly ran by Amanda Brock, and the conference’s key talking points”.
Amanda Brock, the CEO of Open Source UK, told TechInformed: “I’m against this [Hawley AI China Ban] bill. I think we should be focussing on global collaboration. That’s how we innovate best, and it’s not something that’s good for society or innovation.”
Amanda Brock says “we need a clear direction from the current government on AI and openness” if we want to succeed.
Computing Discussing why no AI company has achieved open source’s goals at the State of Open Con in London and Sam Altman’s admission that when it comes to open source OpenAI is on the wrong side of history.
https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/All-change-Weighing-up-the-options-for-enterprises-as-open-source-licences-evolve
