In light of last week’s Us ruling on Copiloit, striking out copyright claims and reaffirming the contract claims, Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, provided her insights into the potential broader implications of open-source software licensing to IT Brief.

“Change must not only start now but must be digital. Only a fundamental shift in our digital policies and practices can impact the lives of every individual across the UK…made possible by leading with digital funding of the development of the right skills in open-source software.” Says CEO Amanda Brock.

Amanda Brock’s opinion article on computing about ‘Will Starmer take Blair’s one piece of advice and focus on tech?’, advice that he repeated at the Tony Blair Institute Future of Britain event this week.

CEO Amanda Brock, suggests tapping into the pool of code school graduates through open source projects – “Those individuals could provide a rich seam of talent for the UK tech sector if we were just able to shift them a step or two further forward in their career.” The strategy aims to transform the UK’s tech workforce—remote workers serving international companies—into a robust talent pipeline for the AI sector within the next few years.

Sharing OpenUK’s report launch at Digitalisation world.

The new UK government needs to exert political heft to sort the AI data conundrum, report Diginomica.

Amanda Brock was quoted in this article.

The UK government should make better use of open source technologies in the public sector and adopt a more open approach to AI development, according to OpenUK.

Diginomica focus on public sector use of open source and funding as explained in the second ask of The Open Manifesto.

The new government’s need to understand the meaning of openness for AI is highlighted by Silicon Republic.