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

CIO Business Intelligence

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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China banks on open source in AI cold war with US

CIO Business Intelligence

While the US is closing its LLM models and restricting access to source code, as well as tightening sanctions, China is following a completely different path.Surprisingly, Chinas AI sector is opening up, focusing on the open-source model, which is also crucial in the context of cybersecurity concerns.

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SAP publishes open source manifesto

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s an open secret that even proprietary software contains open source components these days, and major vendors are, to varying extents, supporting or participating in open source projects. SAP’s manifesto is in reaction to the fact that all is not always sunshine and roses in the open source world.

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Meta offers Llama AI to US government for national security

CIO Business Intelligence

The move relaxes Meta’s acceptable use policy restricting what others can do with the large language models it develops, and brings Llama ever so slightly closer to the generally accepted definition of open-source AI. The CIO’s role in these enterprises is among the toughest, as it involves issues of privacy, security, and criticality.

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10 things to watch out for with open source gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Even if you don’t have the training data or programming chops, you can take your favorite open source model, tweak it, and release it under a new name. According to Stanford’s AI Index Report, released in April, 149 foundation models were released in 2023, two-thirds of them open source.

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Open source software: Ways for CISOs to quell the fear

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Getting the most out of open source without sacrificing security

CIO Business Intelligence

Open source has seen a great deal of momentum among mainframers, making collaboration easier and providing greater transparency. But for all of its benefits, open source is not without risks. By its very nature, open-source code is accessible to whoever wants to see it—including potential attackers.