Quoted Posts Quoted Posts Daisy Andrews 11 March 2025 Amanda Brock explores the ongoing need for open source and international collaboration in a time of geopolitical shift. Is there such a thing as a sovereign tech stack? Daisy Andrews 3 March 2025 Amanda Brock argues for the need for global collaboration whilst we seek a non US tech stack Daisy Andrews 16 February 2025 Maintainers at State of Open Con discuss being under pressure with The Register Daisy Andrews 15 February 2025 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 Daisy Andrews 13 February 2025 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. Zin Lwin 10 February 2025 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” Zin Lwin 7 February 2025 Dr Laura Gilbert discusses the UK’s government commitment to openness and what the application of restrictions to open source means. Zin Lwin 7 February 2025 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” Zin Lwin 6 February 2025 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.” Zin Lwin 6 February 2025 Amanda Brock says “we need a clear direction from the current government on AI and openness” if we want to succeed Zin Lwin 5 February 2025 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. Zin Lwin 4 February 2025 Amanda Brock argues “datacentres should be using more open source-related tech, not least because it could slash carbon emissions as she discusses licence changes and the hammer of the fork in open source. Zin Lwin 4 February 2025 Adrian Bridgwater nails the issues of the day in open source software and AI openness in his State of Open Con live report. Zin Lwin 23 January 2025 Amanda Brock comments to Forbes on the launch of an Open Weights Definition by the Open Source Alliance in the run up to SOOCon25 and the French Global Open Source Action Summit Zin Lwin 16 January 2025 Amanda Brock writes about the difficult path to a brave new world – the interaction of governments with tech in our digital reality Zin Lwin 6 January 2025 Amanda Brock shares her thoughts on what will matter in 2025 Zin Lwin 3 January 2025 Focusing on what she considers the most impactful occurrence in open source in 2024, CEO, Amanda Brock discusses the application of sanctions and impact of geopolitics to open source Zin Lwin 18 December 2024 Amanda Brock shares her initial thoughts on TDM in the UK Gov consultation on copyright and AI with IT Pro “licensing or royalty models are never going to be a long-term answer and merely represent a stopgap solution” Zin Lwin 5 December 2024 Yet more people flagging discontent with the new Open Source AI Definition from the OSI in this piece in The New Stack Zin Lwin 3 December 2024 Amanda Brock’s career as one of the globally most experienced individuals in open source policy celebrates in Analytics Insights on 5th Anniversary of her role as CEO at OpenUK Zin Lwin 17 November 2024 Elon Musk may influence Donald Trump’s stance says Amanda Brock in interview with CCN Zin Lwin 8 October 2024 V9.0 of the Open Source AI Definition has met with criticism including from Amanda Brock Zin Lwin 26 September 2024 The New Stack reports Why Open Source Forking Is a Hot-Button Issue Zin Lwin 25 September 2024 Computing reports Labour Party Conference: UK risks being left behind in AI Zin Lwin 23 September 2024 Computing reports ‘Not a business model’: How companies misunderstand open source Zin Lwin 22 September 2024 Tech Crunch reports Some startups are going ‘fair source’ to avoid the pitfalls of open source licensing Zin Lwin 19 September 2024 The Register reports if governments rely on FOSS, they should fund it Zin Lwin 12 September 2024 Computing reports Database dust-up: Are Redis users switching to Valkey? Zin Lwin 9 September 2024 The New Stack reports Why Open Source AI Has No Meaning Zin Lwin 6 September 2024 ITPro reports Elastic returns to open source, but can it regain the community’s trust? Some industry players aren’t holding their breath Zin Lwin 2 September 2024 Computing reports Elastic returns to the open source fold Zin Lwin 18 July 2024 Computer World reports ‘New UK government downplays AI regulation in program for the next year’ Zin Lwin 17 July 2024 Tech Monitor reports ‘Labour unveils AI, cybersecurity goals in King’s Speech’ Zin Lwin 17 July 2024 Business Cloud reports ‘King’s Speech: Key tech takeaways & industry reaction’ Zin Lwin 17 July 2024 Computing reports ‘King’s Speech promises regulation of ‘the most powerful AI technologies” Zin Lwin 12 July 2024 The Register reports ‘SAP’s bid to woo open source community meets muted response’ Zin Lwin 11 July 2024 ITBrief reports ‘California judge partially dismisses claims against Microsoft & OpenAI’ Zin Lwin 11 July 2024 Tech Informed reports ‘Labour’s next steps: Cyber security, AI, & Open-Source industry leaders weigh in’ Zin Lwin 10 July 2024 Amanda Brock’s opinion article on computing about ‘Will Starmer take Blair’s one piece of advice and focus on tech?’ Zin Lwin 10 July 2024 Techopedia reports ‘State of the UK’s AI Job Market in 2024 Zin Lwin 10 July 2024 Digitalisation World reports OpenUK launches “The Open Manifesto – Report” Zin Lwin 9 July 2024 Diginomica reports ‘OpenUK – political heft is required to sort AI data conundrum’ Zin Lwin 8 July 2024 Data Centre News reports ‘Labour landslide win prompts urgent digital transformation push’ Zin Lwin 8 July 2024 ITPro reports ‘New UK government should embrace open source, says industry non-profit’ Zin Lwin 8 July 2024 Diginomica reports ‘OpenUK – why open source programs need better integration and community’ Zin Lwin 5 July 2024 Silicon Republic reports ‘Tech leaders react to new UK Labour government’ Zin Lwin 5 July 2024 The Stack reports From AI to open source: Tech leaders’ recommendations for the new Labour Government Zin Lwin 4 July 2024 Computer Weekly reports that UK must push forward greater use of open tech Zin Lwin 4 July 2024 National Technology reports ‘UK government needs to avoid ‘open washing’ in AI Act, says Open UK’ Zin Lwin 3 July 2024 UKTech reports ‘UK AI legislation must avoid ‘open washing’, says industry group’
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