Open source
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Meta is not done with the metaverse after it unveiled a new AI model designed to control the behaviour of digital agents in virtual experiences. -
AMD has released the latest version of its ROCm software stack for GPUs, adding tools to cut down AI development times.
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emPOWERED takes a look at the women making a difference in the male-dominated space of open source AI
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MasOrange, Telefónica, and Vodafone Group have teamed up with the i2CAT research centre to launch a multi-operator Open Gateway API lab in Europe.
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Meta is making its Llama family of AI language models available to US government and defence agencies to power security-related AI applications.
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Open source has been a driving factor behind the ever-continuing rise in AI. From the early days of OpenAI (before it closed its doors) and Meta’s ever-growing herd of llamas, open source AI has powered tools and technologies used by industries all over the world.
Forthcoming events
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NEC’s new centre of excellence in London for 5G open systems will address a global market, according to a senior executive in Japan.
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The UK government is spending £250 million to help open up the mobile telecoms supply chain and end the dependence on three key suppliers, Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia.
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NEC, the vendor that is already supplying open-source 5G equipment to Japan’s Rakuten, is to set up a centre of excellence in the UK.
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Vodafone is to deploy open radio access network (open RAN) technology on 2,600 sites in the UK, one of the biggest such investments yet.
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Mavenir, the open RAN specialist that in September bought UK small-cell company ip.access, has withdrawn its plan to raise US$300 million on the US Nasdaq market.
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Open radio access networks (open RAN) will account for 58% of total RAN capex by 2026 and will be deployed at 65% of all sites.
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The industry’s move to open standards accelerated today with the decision by Ericsson, Huawei, NTT and Salesforce to join the TM Forum’s Open Digital Architecture project.
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Nokia has announced that it plans to use open systems in its radio network – the first such move by a major vendor at a time when smaller equipment makers are putting their hopes in open ecosystems.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Yvonne Wassenaar, CEO of Puppet, the open source automation software provider on networks, technology and diversity.
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Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile is to produce its cloud-based 5G system with NEC after a joint development project.
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A new agreement between Broadband Forum (BBF) and the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is set to ease the path to automated and open virtualised access networks.
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Ericsson has recognised that the future of mobile lies in virtual networks by joining the O-RAN Alliance, an organisation set up by operators in 2018.
