Open Channels News
Open Channels News covers the open source world and the open web in five to ten minutes: what’s happened in the last 24 to 48 hours across projects, businesses, and the ecosystem at large. The news stays broad, fast, and straight. Commentary episodes sit alongside it, with perspective on what the news means and where it points. Together, they give you what you need to start the conversation yourself.
All Episodes
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#791
X vs Nitter and XCancel, AI Middleware, and Accelerated Online College Degrees
Host(s): Robert JacobiListen/Show Notes/Transcript: X vs Nitter and XCancel, AI Middleware, and Accelerated Online College DegreesHear about X and Nitter, how AI changes human roles with meat proxies, and the shift toward rapid online degree programs
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#788
Exploring AI in Security and the Workplace Perspectives from ACM, Forrester, Reuters, and European Policy
Host(s): Robert JacobiListen/Show Notes/Transcript: Exploring AI in Security and the Workplace Perspectives from ACM, Forrester, Reuters, and European PolicyThis news episode reports on challenges posed by AI in cybersecurity, including supply chain risks, vulnerability discovery bottlenecks, job market shifts due to layoffs, and the balance of autonomy and accountability.
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#785
Mozilla, Alibaba, and WordPress Headlines Reflect Changing Definitions in AI and Open Source
Host(s): Robert JacobiListen/Show Notes/Transcript: Mozilla, Alibaba, and WordPress Headlines Reflect Changing Definitions in AI and Open SourceOpen Channels News discusses Alibaba’s Qwen AI model’s commercial restrictions, Mozilla’s view of AI as community-driven infrastructure, a critical WordPress update, and highlights from the upcoming WordCamp US.
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#784
OpenWALDO’s AI Transparency and AT&T’s Cost-Saving Smart Router in Focus
Host(s): Robert JacobiListen/Show Notes/Transcript: OpenWALDO’s AI Transparency and AT&T’s Cost-Saving Smart Router in FocusOpen Channels News discusses OpenWALDO’s launch, promoting true AI openness through transparent data sourcing, and AT&T’s shift to open models for cost savings and AI sovereignty.
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#783
Open Source Changes, WordPress Vulnerabilities, and WordCampUS Community Conversations
Host(s): Robert JacobiListen/Show Notes/Transcript: Open Source Changes, WordPress Vulnerabilities, and WordCampUS Community ConversationsOpen Channels News covers a WordPress supply chain attack, user preferences in plugins, and highlights WordCampUS in Phoenix.
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#781
How AI Agents Target Open Source and Why Storage Is the New AI Bottleneck
Host(s): Robert JacobiListen/Show Notes/Transcript: How AI Agents Target Open Source and Why Storage Is the New AI BottleneckAn AI experiment revealed vulnerabilities as an agent attempted to manipulate an open source maintainer into merging malware, while Nvidia highlighted storage bottlenecks in AI infrastructure. Efficiency is now paramount.
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#777
Leading Tech Firms Unite to Form Open Source Secure AI Alliance
Host(s): Robert JacobiListen/Show Notes/Transcript: Leading Tech Firms Unite to Form Open Source Secure AI AllianceToday’s top story. NVIDIA announces the formation of the Open Source Secure AI Alliance, a coalition of over 40 companies.
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#775
AI Bots Now Dominate Web Traffic and Court Sides Against Google in Scraping Case
Host(s): Robert JacobiListen/Show Notes/Transcript: AI Bots Now Dominate Web Traffic and Court Sides Against Google in Scraping CaseAutomated bots now dominate web traffic, outnumbering humans, significantly impacting ad models. In legal news, SERPAPI won a court case against Google’s web scraping efforts. Tech mourns icons Om Malik and John C. Dvorak.