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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. Here are the top ones.

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Big data vendors see the internet of things (IoT) opportunity, pivot tech and message to compete

Forrester IT

(Source: [link] ). Open source big data technologies like Hadoop have done much to begin the transformation of analytics. Startups, often closely associated with shepherding one of the newer open source projects, also compete for mindshare and custom. Read more Categories: Internet of Things.

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Microsoft acquires ReFirm Labs in latest effort to identify Internet of Things security gaps

GeekWire

the company behind the Binwalk open-source software that identifies hidden security vulnerabilities in firmware, the software programmed into the memory of devices to provide basic hardware control. Microsoft has acquired ReFirm Labs of Fulton, Md.,

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A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

Vox

Getty Images The internet is far less secure than it ought to be. One of the most fascinating and frightening incidents in computer security history started in 2022 with a few pushy emails to the mailing list for a small, one-person open source project. At first, they were harmless small fixes. Why does any of this matter?

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Your car is about to go open source

Galido

Having an open-source IVI operating system would create a reusable platform consisting of core services, middleware and open application layer interfaces that eliminate the redundant efforts to create separate proprietary systems. By developing an open-source platform, carmakers can share upgrades as they arrive.

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The Internet of (Secure) Things – Embedding Security in the IoT

CTOvision

We’re seeing a glimmer of the future – the Internet of Things (IoT) – where anything and everything is or contains a sensor that can communicate over the network/Internet. Homes/Offices : Companies and utilities are building sensors into major appliances and HVAC systems. By George Romas.

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Digital identity startup Evernym sells to Avast, looks to bring trust to a decentralized internet

GeekWire

There’s a lot of chatter these days about Web3 — a decentralized version of the internet that operates outside the confines and grips of social media and technology giants. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and the company declined to disclose valuation or revenue figures. Department of Homeland Security.

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