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Open source AI hits a capability milestone
Today's big story is that open source AI has caught up to closed models on pure capability, according to a major new report from Mozilla. But the same report reveals a deployment gap that's keeping most models out of production, while China's Kimi K3 model stirs debate about what 'open source' really means.
Wednesday, June 17, 20267 stories
Android verification rule alarms open source community
Today's open source news is dominated by a single looming threat: Google's new Android Developer Verification program, which critics say will effectively kill sideloading and shut out hobbyist developers. Meanwhile, System76's founder offers a long-view perspective on liberating the PC stack, and France's digital sovereignty efforts highlight how hard it is to escape proprietary ecosystems.