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Deshni Govender: Voices of the Open Source AI Definition
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is running a series of stories about a few of the people involved in the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) co-design process. Today, we are featuring Deshni Govender, one of the …
Hailey Schoelkopf: Voices of the Open Source AI Definition
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is running a series of stories about a few of the people involved in the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) co-design process. Today, we are featuring Hailey Schoelkopf, one of the …
OSI at the United Nations OSPOs for Good
Earlier this month the Open Source Initiative participated in the “OSPOs for Good” event promoted by the United Nations in NYC.
Better identifying conda packages with ClearlyDefined
ClearlyDefined now provides a new harvester implementation for conda, a popular package manager with a large collection of pre-built packages for various domains, including data science, machine learning, scientific computing and more.

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Events

Open Source AI Definition Town Hall

Open Source AI Definition Town Hall

August 16, 2024    
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Free
Join Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director at the Open Source Initiative to hear the latest news, and comment on the drafts of the Open Source AI [...]
AI_dev Hong Kong

AI_dev Hong Kong

August 21, 2024 - August 23, 2024    
All Day
Talk: Unveiling the Future: Nurturing Openness in AI Development In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI, the concept of openness emerges as a cornerstone for [...]
Open Source Congress

Open Source Congress

August 25, 2024 - August 27, 2024    
All Day
https://www.opensourcecongress.org/ Open Source Congress is dedicated to fostering global dialogue, collaboration, and strategic development of the open source industry. In response to the dynamic and [...]
Open Source AI Definition Town Hall

Open Source AI Definition Town Hall

August 30, 2024    
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Free
Join Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director at the Open Source Initiative to hear the latest news, and comment on the drafts of the Open Source AI [...]
Open Source AI Definition Town Hall

Open Source AI Definition Town Hall

September 13, 2024    
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Free
Join Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director at the Open Source Initiative to hear the latest news, and comment on the drafts of the Open Source AI [...]
Open Source Summit EU 2024

Open Source Summit EU 2024

September 16, 2024 - September 17, 2024    
All Day
Nerdearla Argentina

Nerdearla Argentina

September 24, 2024 - September 28, 2024    
All Day
Nerdearla is the largest free tech conference in Latin America. In this tenth anniversary edition the OSI will participate with talks and hosting the Open [...]
Open Source AI Definition Town Hall

Open Source AI Definition Town Hall

October 4, 2024    
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Free
Join Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director at the Open Source Initiative to hear the latest news, and comment on the drafts of the Open Source AI [...]
22 Oct

Open Community Experience (OCX) 2024

October 22, 2024 - October 24, 2024    
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
OCX 2024 is the newly reimagined annual open source conference hosted by the Eclipse Foundation. An inclusive place for diverse open source communities to come together to learn, share, and network.
All Things Open 2024

All Things Open 2024

October 27, 2024 - October 29, 2024    
All Day
The OSI is hosting a track to discuss Open Source Business & Open Source AI.

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