Open source AI startups and scaleups in Europe and the UK play a pivotal role in the future of AI despite challenges defining and regulating open source AI.

Meta, better known to most of us as Facebook, has released a commercial version of Llama-v2, its open-source large language model (LLM) that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate text, images, and code.

Meta has partnered with chipmaker Qualcomm to make its new large language AI model, Llama 2, available on Snapdragon processors, meaning commercial and non-commercial versions will be embedded in flagship smartphones from next year. It follows the news that Meta is making Llama 2 available as a fully open-source product, something that could mark a “significant shift in

‘More collaboration, more scrutiny, more innovation is good for the company, good for the business environment, good for startups, good for policymakers,’ says director of public policy Chris Yiu Meta has released a version 2 of it’s Llama large language model (LLM) under an open licence, meaning it can be used for free (with some

Meta has unveiled its new AI large language model, Llama 2, which can be used freely for both commercial and research purposes and operates on a similar level to ChatGPT. Llama 2 has been released as multiple models, with a 7-billion (7B), 13-billion (13B), and 70-billion (70B) parameter sizes and fine-tuned chat variants of each.

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has warned that the EU risks being outpaced by the US on AI development because of the stringent legislative approach it’s adopting with the rapidly developing technology. Referencing the EU’s approach with its proposed AI Act, he said it represented the ‘typical’ attitude taken by the Union whenever it wants to

This Gigaom article reports about State of Open: The UK in 2023, Phase 2 report launch and the results from the surveys.

Wikipedia could be forced to shut down in the UK due to the regulatory burdens placed on it by a new Bill cracking down on illegal and harmful content online, the Government has been warned.

This article from telecompaper reports about the State of Open: The UK in 2023 Survey results from State of Open: The UK in 2023, Phase 2 Reports.

“Open source software and services provide more than a quarter of the UK’s tech sector value, but companies have to go to the US to grow, finds an OpenUK study, the technology sector is growing but a significant part of that sector has to go outside of the UK to find funding” says John Leonard Computing