Openwashing by 'Linux' Foundation, No Connection to Linux, Absent and Proprietary Components
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Silicon Angle ☛ Linux Foundation's latest initiative aims to promote 'irrevocable' open-source AI models
The Open Model Initiative or OMI was established in response to a number of recent decisions by creators of popular open-source models to alter their licensing terms. The creators highlighted the recent licensing change announced by Stability AI Ltd., regarding its popular image-generation model Stable Diffusion 3 (SD3). That model had previously been entirely free and open, but the changes introduced a monthly fee structure and imposed limitations on its usage.
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Linux Foundation Welcomes the Open Model Initiative to Promote Openly Licensed AI Models
Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, is excited to welcome the Open Model Initiative (OMI) to the Linux Foundation community. The OMI aims to foster the creation and adoption of high-quality, openly licensed AI models that push creativity forward, are free to use, and meet the growing demands for open source AI solutions.
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SDTimes ☛ Open Model Initiative now hosted by Linux Foundation
The OMI was first launched earlier this summer by Invoke, CivitAI, and Comfy Org as a way to help creators find models that don’t have restrictive licenses.
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'Linux' Foundation Announces ‘Open Model Initiative’ to Promote Openly Licensed Hey Hi (AI) Models
While Open Source Initiative continues its work developing an open-source Hey Hi (AI) definition, LF has taken AI-based Open Model Initiative under its wings.
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Linux Foundation’s adoption of OMI could pave way for ethical LLMs, analysts say
“One of the core objectives for OMI and its induction into the Linux Foundation is to propagate an ethical use of data (text/images) to train generative AI models,” said Abhigyan Malik, practice director of data, analytics, and AI at the Everest Group.
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Linux Foundation takes charge of open-source AI initiative
The Linux Foundation is taking charge of the Open Model Initiative (OMI). This initiative aims to develop free and open-source LLMs that remain accessible to all. In addition, the collective wants to focus on clear ethical and shared standards.
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'Linux' Foundation Adopts OMI to Foster Ethical LLMs
The Open Model Initiative hopes to create community LLMs that rival proprietary models but avoid restrictive licensing that limits usage.
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Linux Foundation Backs Open Source LLM Initiative
The arguments over how to open source AI and large language models (LLM) continue. In the latest development, the Linux Foundation has adopted the Open Model Initiative (OMI) and its efforts to keep once-open source LLMs open.
If that sounds familiar, it should. We’ve seen many open source programs lose their open source status when their corporate overlords decide it’s more profitable to use a proprietary model.
The OMI founders, CivitAI, ComfyOrg and Civitai, faced a similar situation. In the OMI’s launch document, the group stated that recent image and video models were released under restrictive, non-commercial license agreements, which limit the ownership of novel intellectual property and offer compromised capabilities that are unresponsive to community needs.
It's FOSS (but this is not):
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Linux Foundation Endorses OMI to Advance Open Source LLM Development
The Linux Foundation is a well-known name in the FOSS space thanks to their involvement in supporting many open-source projects (about 900 of them), providing training to developers, and in general, fostering a global community of developers.
As expected, they have been keeping their eyes on the rapidly expanding field of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), and the AI models that make it all happen.
They have recently taken a step in that direction to help mold the future of open AI practices in GenAI.
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Open model initiative joins Linux foundation
The Open Model Initiative (OMI) is working with the Linux Foundation to establish a more useful open-source AI model.
OMI believes that "the right way to build these AI models is with open licenses," as the organisation states. Such licenses "allow creatives and businesses to build on each other's work, facilitate research, and create new products and services without restrictive licensing constraints."
The community initiative "came about over the summer to help advance open-source AI models" and is now integrating with the Linux Foundation to further its mission.