• Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4.0 source code and floppy images through an open-source license

    Ten years after releasing the source code of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, Microsoft is making yet another contribution to the world of open-source software preservation. Working in partnership with IBM and "in the spirit of open innovation," the company has released the source code of MS-DOS 4.00 under an MIT license.Read Entire Article

  • XAI Grok-1.5 With Vision

    Grok-1.5V is XAI’s first-generation multimodal model. In addition to its strong text capabilities, Grok can now process a wide variety of visual information, including documents, diagrams, charts, screenshots, and photographs. Grok-1.5V will be available soon to our early testers and existing Grok users. Capabilities Grok-1.5V is competitive with existing frontier multimodal models in a number

  • Open Source Software : Is it Secure and Safe to Use?

    In the intricate landscape of software development, the question of whether open source software provides superior security compared to proprietary alternatives has sparked a longstanding debate. The open nature of the source code in open source projects, which allows for public scrutiny and modification, stands in sharp contrast to the closely guarded, inaccessible source code […]

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    Liverpool open talks with Feyenoord over manager Slot - sources

    Liverpool have opened talks with Feyenoord in an attempt to negotiate a deal for the Dutch club's coach, Arne Slot, to become Jürgen Klopp's successor as manager at Anfield, sources told ESPN.

  • WizardLM 2 open source LLM from Microsoft Research

    The development team at Microsoft Research has launched a second-generation version of its Wizard large language model which is now available to access and provides performance, versatility, and adherence to ethical guidelines. WizardLM 2 has showcased remarkable performance across a wide range of applications, from programming assistance to creative writing. Its ability to excel in […]

  • Kdenlive 24 video editor is free and open source

    If you are searching for a new video editor you might be interested in learning more about Kdenlive 24 a free and open source video editor. The latest iteration of the acclaimed free and open-source software launched on March 11, 2024, and brought with it a host of improvements for both amateur and expert video […]

  • The latest version of xAI's Grok can process images

    xAI, the OpenAI competitor founded by Elon Musk, has introduced the first version of Grok that can process visual information. Grok-1.5V is the company's first-generation multimodal AI model, which cannot only process text, but also "documents, diagrams, charts, screenshots and photographs." In xAI's announcement, it gave a few samples of how its capabilities can be used in the real world. You can, for instance, show it a photo of a flow chart and ask Grok to translate it into Python code, get...

  • Apple Releases Open Source AI Models That Run On-Device

    Apple today released several open source large language models (LLMs) that are designed to run on-device rather than through cloud servers. Called OpenELM (Open-source Efficient Language Models), the LLMs are available on the Hugging Face Hub, a community for sharing AI code. As outlined in a white paper [PDF], there are eight total OpenELM models, four of which were pre-trained using the CoreNet library, and four instruction tuned models. Apple uses a layer-wise scaling strategy that is...

  • Future Tesla FSD Will Merge and Expand with XAI Grok

    Future versions of Tesla FSD will likely merge with XAI Grok. While Elon Musk has expressed concerns about building too much of his new AI ideas into Tesla unless he has 25% voting control, the need to make a competitive AI will force Tesla FSD to work with XAI Grok. This can be structured in

  • Open source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse

    While the launch of a survey isn't necessarily a commitment to federating Ghost, it is another signal pointing to the broader reshaping of the web that's now underway. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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    It's baaack! Microsoft and IBM open source MS-DOS 4.0

    It's no joke. Microsoft and IBM have joined forces to open-source the 1988 operating system MS-DOS 4.0 under the MIT License. Why? Well, why not?As Scott Hanselman, Microsoft's VP of the developer community, and Jeff Wilcox, head of Microsoft's Open Source Programs Office, recount in Microsoft's Open Source Blog, "a young English researcher named Connor 'Starfrost' Hyde corresponded recently with former Microsoft Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie" about the relationship between DOS 4,...

  • Snowflake releases open source Arctic 128 Experts MoE for business

    The development team at Snowflake has introduced a new large language model named Arctic, specifically designed for enterprise applications. This artificial intelligent (AI) model is distinguished by its focus on business-to-business (B2B) usage rather than consumer applications, addressing the high costs and resource demands associated with developing custom large language models (LMS) for enterprise use. […]