We have an official open-source AI definition now, but the fight is far from over
RALEIGH, NC -- The Open Source Initiative (OSI) released Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) 1.0 on Oct. 28, 2024, at the All Things Open conference. Creating it wasn't easy.
It took the OSI almost two years to create and set up the OSAID. But with no change from the OSAID's last draft, it's finally done. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy with it, and even its creators admit it's a work in progress.
Why? Carlo Piana, the OSI's chairman and an attorney, explained in an interview that, "Our collective understanding of what AI does, what's required to modify language models, is limited now. The more we use it, the more we'll understand. Right now our understanding is limited, and we don't know yet what the technology will look like in one year, two years, or three years."
Or, as Taylor Dolezal, head of ecosystem for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) put it, "Balancing open source principles with AI complexities can sometimes feel like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube blindfolded."
