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The iconic music player Winamp is making a comeback, with plans to release its source code to developers worldwide on September 24, 2024. This move aims to foster global collaboration and allow developers to contribute to the software’s development. Developers can sign up at about.winamp.com/free-llama to participate in this initiative. Winamp’s CEO, Alexandre Saboundjian, expressed excitement about the potential for new mobile players and other platforms, while also acknowledging the importance of the tens of millions of existing users on Windows who will benefit from the collective creativity and experience of the developer community.

Atomic Canyon, a pioneer in AI nuclear search, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), home of the Frontier supercomputer, have announced a groundbreaking partnership to develop a safe and efficient open-source AI model tailored specifically for the nuclear sector. This collaboration marks the creation of the first AI model designed to understand complex nuclear terminology and harness the vast public data available from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Aikido, a Ghent-based startup, has secured $17 million in Series A funding to develop its open-source, developer-centric security platform. The company aims to address the growing security concerns faced by startups and developers who handle large amounts of customer data. Aikido’s freemium model, emphasis on open-source products, and focus on reducing alert noise differentiate it from competitors and have already attracted 3,000 small-to-midsize customers.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, codenamed Noble Numbat, is the latest and greatest release of the popular Linux distribution. This release brings together the latest advancements from the Linux ecosystem into a release that is built to empower open source developers and deliver innovation for the next 12 years. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS features a new desktop installer, improved encryption options, integrated autoinstall support, new core apps, and GNOME 46.

Apple has released four open-source AI models, known as OpenELMs, to improve the accuracy of future artificial intelligence endeavors. These models, hosted on Hugging Face, leverage evolutionary algorithms and a layer-wise scaling strategy to allocate parameters in transformer models. Pre-trained with 1.8 trillion tokens, OpenELMs demonstrate a 2.36% accuracy improvement over OLMo while requiring fewer pre-training tokens. Apple’s commitment to open-source AI development aims to ensure reproducibility, transparency, and trustworthiness in AI research, mitigating potential biases and risks.

The Open Home Foundation is a non-profit organization launched by Paulus Schoutsen, the founder of Home Assistant. The foundation aims to combat surveillance capitalism by ensuring that smart home projects remain open and accessible to all users. The foundation will oversee over 240 smart home projects, including Home Assistant and ESPHome. It will prioritize user privacy, sustainability, and community influence in its operations.

Ghost, a popular open-source newsletter platform, will officially join the fediverse this year, expanding its reach and enabling seamless interoperability with other federated platforms such as Mastodon, Pixelfed, and Instagram Threads. This integration will allow Ghost authors to follow, like, and interact with users on other platforms, while also allowing users to follow Ghost authors from their preferred apps and subscribe to their content via ActivityPub.