IBM Corp. and its Red Hat subsidiary today launched an initiative called Project Lightwell to improve the security of open-source projects. Project Lightwell is backed by a $5 billion commitment. In addition, IBM and Red Hat will assign more than 20,000 engineers to the initiative. Red Hat, which became part of IBM through a 2019…
Hyundai Mobis headquarters in southern Seoul / Yonhap Hyundai Mobis is accelerating its mobility software development through the adoption of an open-source approach. By publicly releasing internally developed technologies, the company is moving to enable more developers to create value out of Hyundai Mobis’ software and ultimately establish it as an industry standard. To this…
The most important thing to understand about the four AI agent projects generating the most press coverage in mid-2026 is that they are not competing with each other. OpenClaw accumulated more than 370,000 GitHub stars by late May 2026. Hermes Agent, from research lab Nous Research, overtook OpenClaw on May 10 to claim the top…
By Pamela Kumar and Rajiv Khanna For too long, telecommunications remained one of the last major technology sectors resistant to the open-source revolution. Across cloud computing, operating systems, databases, and enterprise networking, open-source software has dismantled proprietary monopolies, enabled thriving competitive ecosystems, and transferred enormous value from incumbents to innovators. Telecom held out — not…
Over 4,600 web accessibility lawsuits were filed in US federal courts in 2024. The European Accessibility Act took effect in June 2025, extending legal obligations to businesses trading across Europe. And WCAG 2.2 is now the baseline standard referenced in most audits, procurement requirements, and legal claims. If you are building or maintaining websites in…
Stay up to date with everything that is happening in the wonderful world of AM via our LinkedIn community. Sunnyday Technologies is releasing M3-CRETE, a fully open-source concrete 3D printer built for field deployment and research validation. The project sits alongside CEMFORGE, Sunnyday Technologies’ AI-driven concrete formulation platform, which the firm positions as a mix-design…
GR Exclusive: Open-Source AI Is India’s Biggest Chance to Lead Global Tech Race, Says OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock News Updated: Monday, February 23, 2026, 23:24 [IST] As India aims to strengthen its position in the global artificial intelligence space, open-source AI models are gaining importance as a way to reduce dependence on costly and tightly…
TL;DR Acquisition: Georgi Gerganov’s ggml.ai team, creators of llama.cpp, are joining Hugging Face to secure long-term institutional backing for open-source local AI infrastructure. Open-Source Commitment: The ggml and llama.cpp projects will remain fully open-source and community-driven, with the team working on them full-time under Hugging Face’s support. Technical Goals: The partnership targets single-click integration with…
DeepSeek’s success injected confidence into an industry long used to following global standards rather than setting them. “Thirty years ago, no Chinese person would believe they could be at the center of global innovation,” says Alex Chenglin Wu, CEO and founder of Atoms, an AI agent company and prominent contributor to China’s open-source ecosystem. “DeepSeek…
I’ve never really seen Roblox as a bastion of creativity. To me, it just looks like a bunch of folks churning out iterative copies of the same game, and, using Peak as an example, occasionally plagiarizing them. In many ways, it’s gaming at its worst. Last year, Roblox brought its AI-powered Cube Foundation Model to…
