What Does 'Open Source' Actually Mean, And How Did It Start?

When you hear the term "open source," it's talking about any publicly accessible design that people are free to change and share as they please.
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What is open source?

I published a version of this article on Medium eight years ago. This version is updated with new references and arguments. Over the last few years, I’ve been a part of lots of discussions — across ...

Moonshot launches open-source ‘Kimi K2 Thinking’ AI with a trillion parameters and reasoning capabilities

Moonshot launches open-source ‘Kimi K2 Thinking’ AI with a trillion parameters and reasoning capabilities - SiliconANGLE ...
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Industry groups push to keep open-source measures in annual intelligence bill

A coalition of industry groups and former officials is asking Congress to preserve measures in the annual intelligence community authorization bill that support the use of open-source intelligence in ...

Open-source AI is ‘China’s game right now’—and that’s a problem for the U.S. and its allies, Andreessen Horowitz partner says

Andreessen Horowitz partner Anjney Midha says China is leading in open-source AI, driven by startups like DeepSeek, while the U.S. is playing catch-up.

CrowdStrike & NVIDIA’s open source AI gives enterprises the edge against machine-speed attacks

Now CrowdStrike and NVIDIA are flipping the script. Armed with autonomous agents powered by Charlotte AI and NVIDIA Nemotron ...