What were the articles that caught the editor’s eye last weekend in the areas of open source, AI and Linux? Summary and links to allow you to read these articles in full. Here is your first weekly press review for November 2024, 100% GoodTech. Published every Monday, it’s free, share it!
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ActuIA: OSAID: OSI publishes its definition of open source AI
At All Things Open 2024, one of the most important open source industry events in North America, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) announced the publication of the first official definition of AI open source, OSAID.
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Usine Digitale: Filigran raises $35 million for its open source cybersecurity products
The French cybersecurity nugget develops several software programs based on threat analysis and incident response. Above all, Filigran intends to accelerate its international development, particularly in the United States, where it opened a subsidiary this summer.
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ICT Journal: Llama and Mixtral can no longer claim to be open source models
It is now official: the Llama de Meta and Mixtral models from Mistral can no longer claim the “open source” designation. These major language models, although presented under this label by their designers, do not meet the conditions now formally established by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) with the publication of the first version of the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) .
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DataNews: What’s happening at WordPress, the most popular CMS in the world?
Following a few threatening letters from both sides, a lawsuit was filed, and WP Engine is (temporarily) banned from the WordPress.org website, so the company no longer has access to these resources. This particularly had an impact on customers, whose websites could no longer update plug-ins and sometimes became vulnerable to cyberattacks. WP Engine, for its part, sued Mullenberg for abuse of power.
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JDG: IA, the creator of Linux exasperated by the current hype
On the occasion of the Open Source Summit, he rewarded us with a new projection of this kind. In an interview with TFiR relayed by Tom’s Hardware, he did not mince his words about the hype currently surrounding AI; for him, it is “90% marketing and 10% reality”.
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NotebookCheck: EA Terminates Linux Version of Apex Legends Due to Anti-Cheat Issues
Linux players playing Apex Legends will no longer be able to access the game. EA apparently made this decision due to cheaters exploiting the customizable nature of the platform to bypass anti-cheat measures.
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For the father of Linux, AI is mainly just a big marketing wave
His criticism targets more the way it is presented than its intrinsic potential. He even recognizes that this technology “will change the world” and anticipates its widespread adoption in the next five years. This is a more nuanced vision which suggests that AI could follow a path similar to other innovations: after an initial phase marked by excessive expectations, there would come a period of maturation where practical uses would take precedence over announcement effects. .
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GlobalSecurityMag: Mikael Barbero, Eclipse Foundation: Open source under the sign of AI!
Eclipse Foundation is a long-time partner of OPEN SOURCE EXPERIENCE. Mikael Barbero, Head of Security at Eclipse Foundation, joins the show’s Program Committee this year on the Cyber security track. Mikael Barbero gives us his impressions on the Open Source market, the trend of which is towards the explosion of initiatives around artificial intelligence (AI).
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Clubic: When geopolitics interferes with open source: Linux separates itself from its Russian contributors
The war in Ukraine and international sanctions against Russia are having unexpected repercussions. The Linux open source project has just removed a dozen Russian contributors from the official list of kernel maintainers, sparking a lively debate within the community.
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