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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Highlights Security for Open Source

Information Week

Vulnerabilities in the life cycle of open-source software development can start from tiny crumbs but grow into substantial issues.

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AI coding agents come with legal risk

CIO Business Intelligence

AI coding agents are poised to take over a large chunk of software development in coming years, but the change will come with intellectual property legal risk, some lawyers say. Is that getting all borrowed from one source; are there multiple sources? The same goes for open-source stuff.

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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.

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7 types of tech debt that could cripple your business

CIO Business Intelligence

Open source dependency debt that weighs down DevOps As a software developer, writing code feels easier than reviewing someone elses and understanding how to use it. Many teams neglect dependency hygiene, letting outdated, redundant, or unsupported open-source components pile up, says Mitchell Johnson, CPDO of Sonatype.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

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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What Is Open Source Software? Meaning, Working, Importance, and Examples

IT Toolbox

Open source software are programs whose source code is freely available for anyone to view, modify, and distribute. Read on to learn more about open source software, how it works, and a few examples of such software. The post What Is Open Source Software?