What does the “O” stand for? OMG it’s early. 08.15 CET open Source Keynote at DVCon. Job done….Thank you for hosting me in Munich DVCon Europe @dvcon.bsky.social

Last chance to nominate a worthy candidate for one of the 9 categories of OpenUK’s 5th Annual Open Source Awards. Massive thanks to our judges and to our sponsors. Nominate now openuk.uk/awards #openukawards #opensource #opensourcesoftware #opendata #openhardware #opensoureceai #AI

OpenUK’s 6th Annual Awards will open for nominations later this week. This year’s amazing judges are @lizrice.com, @lisaallen.bsky.social, and Nicolas Vibert. They’ll be joined by our sponsor to select winners, who will be announced in awards ceremony this autumn. Truly the Oscars of Open Source!

...@github.com, Git Together Delhi - NCR, ID8DEVHUB, Runa Capital, @scarf.sh, Swecha, Tattle, and Viswam AI 🙏🏻 #digitalpublicgood

Thanks to our partners AAPTI Institute, @aialliance.bsky.social , CHAOSS Asia, Cloud Native Community Groups New Delhi, Cloud Native Hyderabad, CNCF Thane , Code for GovTech (C4GT), Digital Futures Lab, @fossunited.mas.to.ap.brid.gy, ...

Join the discussion on the Road to the Indian AI Impact Summit at events across India. openuk.uk/indianaisumm... 🇮🇳 🌐 Thanks to our sponsors @infosys.bsky.social, UK Government, @controlplane.io, motia, and NeevCloud 🤩 #IndiaAI #AIImpactSummit #AIForAll #opensource #opensourceai #openuk #openhq #dpd

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Thanks to our sponsors Infosys, UK High Commission, Motia, and Neevcloud 🤩 Thanks to our partners AAPTI Institute, @thealliance_ai@bird.makeup, CHAOSS Asia, Cloud Native Community Groups New Delhi, @cncfhyd@bird.makeup, @cncfthane@bird.makeup, Code 4 Gov Tech, Cyber Secured Lab, Digital Futures Lab,

The second stop on the Road to the Indian AI Impact Summit is the tech hub of Bangalore on 8th August 🇮🇳 Why not join us at @Infosys' offices? 🤩 Sign up here: openuk.uk/indianaisumm... 👈🏻 #IndiaAI #AIImpactSummit #AIForAll #opensource #opensourceai #openuk #openhq #dpd #digitalpublicgood

Nominate yourself or a colleague in the OpenUK Awards 2025 Community category sponsored by Arm💫 openuk.uk/awards Shortlist September #community #openukawards #opensource 🏆🌟

Macron: "He's a very clever cat" Merci monsieur le président x

The 6th Edition of the OpenUK Awards is now live. Truly the "Oscars of Open Source", they recognise UK leadership and global collaboration in open technology and form part of a world-leading recognition program. Nominate now openuk.uk/awards/ #openukawards

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Good morning Vietnam - what a storm!

@peterzaitsev.bsky.social of @percona.bsky.social and OpenUK CEO, @amandabrock.bsky.social discuss licence shift and forking in open source at State of Open Con. https://buff.ly/3Ew0I57 #stateofopencon #soocon25 #forking

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"The UK is a nation of animal lovers and so its people need a national animal to love; it's been my privilege to fill that furry brief for 14 years and counting." #Larryversary

CEO @amandabrock.bsky.social sees ROOST open source tools as essential for AI safety, contrasting them with the European Commission's "cumbersome and complex AI Act" in this Tech.eu article. Read here: https://buff.ly/3WWsle1 #opensource #opensourceai #ai #openuk

OpenUK CEO @amandabrock.bsky.social says "We need a clear direction from the current government on AI and openness” if we want to succeed in the article by @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy . Read now: https://buff.ly/3Es4ZGR #opensourceai #opensource #openuk

Sir Keir Starmer has “been very nice” @number10cat.bsky.social

OpenUK CEO @amandabrock.bsky.social in a no holds barred interview with The Waffle Byte Podcast, our new podcast partner. Listen here: https://buff.ly/42UxCGT #openuk #opensource

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Leading global voices take on the challenges of The Future of Open Source in our Plenaries on 4th Feburary at SOOCon25. Will you join us too? See Schedule and get tickets https://buff.ly/3HjeQxq #opensource #soocon25 #stateofopencon

@amandabrock.bsky.social, @avi.press, Amandine Le Pape, @peterzaitsev.bsky.social, Anandhi Bumstead, @lu.is , Dan Lorenc, @geekygirldawn.bsky.social, Nat Wei, Emily M., @tlamanauskas.bsky.social, and Paula Hunter

Brilliant preview Friday- recommend riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/s...

Our CEO @amandabrock.bsky.social comments to @forbes.com on the launch of an Open Weights Definition by the Open Source Alliance https://buff.ly/40wMdFy in the run-up to AI Openness Day at SOOCon25 on 5th Feb and the French-led AI Action Summit on 10 Feb #AI #openweights #openmodels #opensource

The times they are a changing

Latest AI reporting at our Digital Show and Tell, 16.00 -17.30 UK. Explore global research and reporting in open source AI, with @amandabrock.bsky.social, joined by @linuxfoundation.org's @@hilarycarter17.bsky.social, Iain G Mitchell KC of Stable and Dr Jennifer Barth. https://buff.ly/3DZ9RTw