The Media Coding Industry Forum (MC-IF) has announced a new open-source software decoder development initiative for Versatile Video Coding (VVC / H.266), with Ittiam Systems serving as the development partner for the initial implementation. The initiative is intended to accelerate practical VVC adoption by delivering a highly optimised, openly available software decoder that complements emerging…
What are open-source AI tools? Open-source AI tools provide accessible software whose code can be inspected, modified, and often self-hosted by users. Can open-source AI tools replace ChatGPT? Tools like Ollama, Open WebUI, and Jan can provide alternatives for conversations, writing, research, and everyday AI tasks. Are open-source AI tools completely free? Many are free…
Enterprise open-source software company SUSE is expanding its India strategy around digital sovereignty and enterprise AI, unveiling new platforms aimed at helping organisations deploy AI workloads while retaining greater control over data, infrastructure and cloud environments. Announcing the initiatives at SUSE Summit Mumbai 2026, the company said Indian enterprises are increasingly prioritising sovereign technology infrastructure…
SINGAPORE, July 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Presale crypto news highlights MemeToro’s new open-source framework for AI-powered token launches, combining transparent smart contracts, public development, and fair-launch infrastructure. Recent presale crypto news has increasingly focused on how blockchain projects approach transparency during development. Rather than waiting until launch to disclose technical details, some projects are…
A group of tech firms has released an open letter that calls on policymakers not to ban open-source artificial intelligence models. The development follows a report that some Trump administration officials sought to limit the use of such algorithms. Many of the world’s most popular open-source AI models were developed by Chinese companies. According to…
US, China agree on open-source AI security at APEC Governments across the Asia-Pacific are tightening their grip on artificial intelligence even as they publicly champion open-source development. Twenty-one APEC economies, including the United States and China, signed a joint statement in Chengdu on 23 July 2026 backing open-source AI models built with “strong security assurance”….
Artificial intelligence Photo: VCG China’s innovation capability continues to strengthen since the beginning of 2026, with the penetration rate of AI technology across the country’s major large and medium-sized enterprises exceeding 30 percent, and the cumulative global downloads of China’s open-source AI models surpassing 10 billion, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information…
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. is joining an initiative that IBM Corp. and its Red Hat unit launched in May to fix open-source software vulnerabilities. The companies announced the move today. U.K.-based Deloitte launched in the middle of the 18th century as an accounting firm. Today, it’s the world’s largest provider of professional services with $70.5…
OpenAI has launched Patch the Planet, a new initiative aimed at fixing one of the internet’s quietest problems – the chronically underfunded security of open-source software. Patch the Planet pairs OpenAI’s most security-capable AI models with Trail of Bits, a security firm that has committed its entire research organization to the effort, alongside support from…
TL;DR OpenAI has launched “Patch the Planet,” a Daybreak initiative with security firm Trail of Bits to identify and help patch vulnerabilities in critical open-source software. The program combines AI-powered scanning tools like Codex Security and GPT-5.5-Cyber with human-led security reviews to reduce the burden on open-source maintainers. Supported by partnerships with HackerOne, Calypso, and…
