Open source software is a vital part of modern computing; it’s involved in much of the software we use every day. But is it too good to be true, and is it really free, in either sense of the word?

Google's newest Gemma model is now both open-weight and open-source ...

Open Source, Closed Door: Managing Patent Risk in Open Source (OSS)-Driven Products Practitioners often describe OSS as a “legal minefield.” The metaphor is apt, but incomplete. The risk is not simply ...

Nvidia Corp. has released more than a half-dozen artificial intelligence models designed for autonomous systems such as self-driving cars. The algorithms, which are all available under an open-source ...

The popularity of open-source software continues to grow because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...

Open-source software and Linux are no longer fringe technologies in 2026. After decades of steady adoption, they now sit at the core of enterprise computing, cloud infrastructure, and the ...

Mark Surman explains what truly defines open-source AI and why most “open” models fall short on transparency and training ...