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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

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To solve the problem, the company turned to gen AI and decided to use both commercial and open source models. So we augment with open source, he says. Right now, the company is using the French-built Mistral open source model. Open source models also offer companies more flexibility in when to upgrade.

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How we dodged risks and raised millions for our open-source machine language startup

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Jorge Torres is CEO and co-founder of MindsDB , an open source AI layer for existing databases. Adam Carrigan is a co-founder and COO of MindsDB , an open source AI layer for existing databases. Open-source software gave birth to a slew of useful software in recent years. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models

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“ Together team is committed to creating a vibrant open ecosystem that allows anyone from individuals to enterprises to participate.” Prakash previously founded social media search platform Topsy, which was acquired in 2013 by Apple, where he later became a senior director. Google Cloud, AWS, Azure).

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Open source software: Ways for CISOs to quell the fear

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For many stakeholders, there is plenty to love about open source software. Developers tend to enjoy the ability to speed application development by borrowing open source code. CFOs like the fact that open source is often free or low in cost. The age-old question: How secure is open source software?

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How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse

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WordPress, the open source software behind the company, is now estimated to power roughly 42% of all websites on the internet. Automattic focused on media at a time when that industry was being demolished by the internet. The role also gave him an inside view of the internal systems of a large media organization.

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AI coding agents come with legal risk

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Media outlets and entertainers have already filed several AI copyright cases in US courts, with plaintiffs accusing AI vendors of using their material to train AI models or copying their material in outputs, notes Jeffrey Gluck, a lawyer at IP-focused law firm Panitch Schwarze. “Is The same goes for open-source stuff.

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Meta creates ‘Business AI’ group led by ex-Salesforce AI CEO Clara Shih

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From the start, Meta has made the Llama models available to other enterprises under a license it describes as “open source,” but the creation of the new business group makes clear that Meta’s interest is commercial, not philanthropic.

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