The Blog-ification of Software Development

As recently as the early 1990s getting your thoughts and ideas out into the world at any kind of scale required finding a publisher that would agree to publish your work. Publishers served as gatekeepers, deciding what was worth publishing and what wasn’t, typically publishing only material they thought would be commercially successful. And of … Read more

The Symmetrical Power of AI in Assessments

Large language models (LLMs) make it possible for faculty to rapidly create a wide range of formative and summative assessments for their students. And, as we hear about so often, students can also use LLMs to write their essays and complete other assignments. (Apparently, when faculty use AI to create assignments, it’s a “productivity gain.” … Read more

Toward a Definition of Open Source AI

The Open Source Initiative, which has been the steward of the Open Source Definition since 1998, is leading a multi-stakeholder initiative to define Open Source AI. The definition is currently in its eighth draft, with the goal of finalizing the definition by October, 2024. There are only a few families of models that would qualify … Read more