Meta returns to open source AI with Omnilingual ASR models that can transcribe 1,600+ languages natively

Meta has just released a new multilingual automatic speech recognition (ASR) system supporting 1,600+ languages — dwarfing ...
Liliputing

Open Book Touch is a full-featured, open source eReader (crowdfunding soon)

The Open Book Touch also runs open source firmware. The default firmware features a UI framework called Focus, which is based ...
InfoWorld

How GlassWorm wormed its way back into developers’ code — and what it says about open source security

Weeks after being declared eradicated, GlassWorm is again infesting open source extensions using the same invisible Unicode ...
InfoWorld

C# rises in Tiobe language popularity index

Microsoft’s fast-growing language for .NET may be poised to overtake Java in popularity for the first time, Tiobe said.
TechCrunch

Open source agentic startup LangChain hits $1.25B valuation

LangChain raised $125 million at a $1.25 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. TechCrunch reported in July that the provider of a popular open source framework for building AI agents was ...
Wired

This Open Source Robot Brain Thinks in 3D

European roboticists today released a powerful open-source artificial intelligence model that acts as a brain for industrial robots—helping them grasp and manipulate things with new dexterity. The new ...
Opinion

LibreOffice developer says open formats are the only way to future-proof your files

LibreOffice developer The Document Foundation (TDF) is once again reminding users that not all document formats are created equal. Italo Vignoli, TDF's co-founder, warned that using ...
ZDNet

Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam

Europeans are moving away from US-based products and services. This is due to a loss of trust in American tech companies and the government. Open-source-based companies are benefiting the most.
Homeland Security Today

American University Launches Open-Source Intelligence Center to Train Future National Security Analysts

American University is launching a new center for students interested in open-source intelligence (OSINT) – the American University Repository for Open-Source Research & Analysis (AURORA) – designed ...
TechCrunch

FTC removes Lina Khan-era posts about AI risks and open source

The Federal Trade Commission has removed three blog posts from the Lina Khan era that addressed open source AI and risks of AI to consumers, according to a Wired report. One post, titled “On ...

aiOla unveils Drax, an open-source speech model with state-of-the-art accuracy and up to 5× faster than models from direct competitors

PRNewswire/ -- aiOla, a voice-AI lab advancing speech recognition technology, is announcing today Drax, an open-source AI model that brings flow-matching-based generative methods to speech. By ...
Forbes

AI Race Heats Up With U.S. Megadeals Vs. China’s Open Source

Update, Oct.13: This article, originally published Oct.11, has been updated with Monday’s news of the OpenAI-Broadcom deal. Monday’s news of a multimillion deal between OpenAI and Broadcom is just the ...