I like SpaceX’s Starlink. Its low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation delivers good speed and low latency to rural users who would otherwise be stuck with DSL or even — seriously — dial-up modem internet connections. Recently, Starlink made…Read More

Getting open-source and artificial intelligence (AI) on the same page isn’t easy. Just ask the Open Source Initiative (OSI). The OSI, the open-source definition steward organization, has been working on creating an open-source artificial intelligence…Read More

Tetrate and Bloomberg have announced a collaborative effort to create an open standard for AI Gateways. This initiative will build upon the Cloud Native Computing Foundation‘s (CNCF) Envoy Gateway project, which is an implementation of the Kubernetes…Read More

When Hurricane Helene announced itself with wind and rain hammering on my house in Asheville, North Carolina, in the early hours of Sept. 27, I turned over and went back to sleep. Then, the crashes awoke me. I could tell … Continue reading →

In a surprising announcement, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the web, and Rosemary Leith, co-founder of the World Wide Web Foundation, revealed that the organization is ceasing operations. The decision comes after 16 years of advocating for a safe,…Read More

Opinion Once upon a time, OpenAI was purely a non-profit. Really. It was established in December 2015 as a non-profit AI research organization. Now it appears increasingly likely that OpenAI will become a for-profit company. OpenAI, of course, has…Read More