Open Source to require documentation for the first time for AI?

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@shujisado

At least for me, I had never even considered the idea of defining Open Source AI until June 2023 (as I thought the OSD was sufficient), and I remember being quite surprised by Stefan-san’s blog post. I suspect many in the community felt the same way. When the timeline of “2 or 3 years” is emphasized, I worry that many experts and members of the community who were not involved in the discussions during the non-public period may feel a sense of exclusion.

Hi @shujisado-san, your timeline is precise. It was in early 2023, with the development of the EU AI Act with the exceptions for Open Source AI, when we realized that a definition for Open Source AI was much needed, and we organized the first meeting at the Mozilla headquarters in June 2023. Before that, we were exploring the topic as of early 2022. Since then, we have opened up the discussions more and more, reaching out to experts and community members. Here’s a rough timeline:

Deep Dive: AI Podcasts 2022

• Welcome to Deep Dive: AI (Stefano Maffulli - July, 2022)
• Copyright, selfie monkeys, the hand of God (Pamela Chestek - Aug 16, 2022)
• Solving for AI’s black box problem (Alek Tarkowski - Aug 23, 2022)
• When hackers take on AI: Sci-fi – or the future? (Connor Leahy - Aug 30, 2022)
• Building creative restrictions to curb AI abuse (David Gray Widder - Sep 6, 2022)
• Why Debian won’t distribute AI models any time soon (Mo Zhou - Sep 13, 2022)
• How to secure AI systems (Bruce Draper - Feb 9, 2023)

Deep Dive: AI Panels 2022

• Exploring the business side of AI (Astor Nummelin Carlberg, David Kanter, Sal Kimmich, Stella Biderman, Alek Tarkowski - October 11, 2022)
• Exploring the society side of AI (Kat Walsh, Luis Villa, Carlos Muñoz Ferrandis, Kit Walsh - October 13, 2022)
• Exploring the legal side of AI (Pamela Chestek, Jennifer Lee, Danish Contractor, Adrin Jalali - October 18, 2022)
• Exploring the academia side of AI (Chris Albon, Ibrahim Haddad, Mark Surman, Amy Heineike - October 20, 2022)

Deep Dive: AI Webinars 2023

• Deep Dive: AI Webinar Series (September, 2023)
• The Turing Way Fireside Chat: Who is building Open Source AI? (Jennifer Ding, Arielle Bennett, Anne Steele, Kirstie Whitaker, Marzieh Fadaee, Abinaya Mahendiran, David Gray Widder, Mophat Okinyi)
• Operationalising the SAFE-D principles for Open Source AI (Kirstie Whitaker, David Leslie, Victoria Kwan)
• Commons-based data governance (Alek Tarkowski, Zuzanna Warso)
• Preempting the Risks of Generative AI: Responsible Best Practices for Open-Source AI Initiatives (Monica Lopez)
• Data privacy in AI (Michael Meehan)
• Perspectives on Open Source Regulation in the upcoming EU AI Act (Katharina Koerner)
• Data Cooperatives and Open Source AI (Tarunima Prabhakar, Siddharth Manohar)
• Fairness & Responsibility in LLM-based Recommendation Systems: Ensuring Ethical Use of AI Technology (Rohan Singh Rajput)
• Challenges welcoming AI in openly-developed open source projects (Thierry Carrez, Davanum Srinivas, Diane Mueller)
• Opening up ChatGPT: a case study in operationalizing openness in AI (Andreas Liesenfeld, Mark Dingemanse)
• Open source AI between enablement, transparency and reproducibility (Ivo Emanuilov, Jutta Suksi)
• Federated Learning: A Paradigm Shift for Secure and Private Data Analysis (Dimitris Stripelis)
• Should OpenRAIL licenses be considered OS AI Licenses? (Daniel McDuff, Danish Contractor, Luis Villa, Jenny Lee)
• Copyright — Right Answer for Open Source Code, Wrong Answer for Open Source AI? (McCoy Smith)
• Should we use open source licenses for ML/AI models? (Mary Hardy)
• Covering your bases with IP Indemnity (Justin Dorfman, Tammy Zhu, Samantha Mandell)
• The Ideology of FOSS and AI: What “Open” means to platforms and black box systems (Mike Nolan)

OSAID Conferences and Meetings 2023/2024

• June, 2023

• First OSAID Meeting (Jun. 2023 - San Francisco)

  • Towards a definition of “Open Artificial Intelligence” (OSI Board members, Mozilla Foundation, Creative Commons, Wikimedia Foundation, Internet Archive, Linux Foundation Europe, OSS Capital)

• July, 2023

• FOSSY (Jul. 13-15, 2023 - Portland)

  • Workshop – Defining Open Source AI (Stefano Maffulli)

• Campus Party Brazil (Jul. 25-29, 2023 - Sao Paulo)

  • The future of Artificial Intelligence: Sovereignty and Privacy with Open Source (Nick Vidal, Aline Deparis)

• Open Source Congress (Jul. 27-28, 2023 - Geneva)

  • Panel: Does AI Change Everything? What is Open? Liability, Ethics, Values? (Stefano Maffulli, Joanna Lee, Satya Mallick, Mohamed Nanabhay, Ibrahim Haddad)
  • Defining “Open” AI/ML (Stefano Maffulli)

• September, 2023

• Open Source Summit Europe (Sept. 19-21, 2023 - Bilbao)

  • Panel Discussion: Why Open Source AI Matters: The EU Community & Policy Perspective (Justin Colannino; Astor Nummelin Carlberg; Ibrahim Haddad; Sachiko Muto; Stefano Maffulli)
  • Interview: The New Stack (Stefano Maffulli, Alex Williams)
  • Interview: TFiR (Stefano Maffulli, Swapnil Bhartiya)

• Nerdearla (Sept. 26-30, 2023 - Buenos Aires)

  • Celebrating 25 years of Open Source (Nick Vidal)

• October, 2023

  1. All Things Open (Oct. 15-17, 2023 - Raleigh)
  • Workshop: Open Source AI definition: preview, feedback and working session (Mer Joyce, Stefano Maffulli)
  2. Latinoware (Oct. 18-20 - Foz do Iguacu)
  • The future of Artificial Intelligence: Sovereignty and Privacy with Open Source (Nick Vidal, Aline Deparis)
  3. Linux Foundation Member Summit (Oct. 24-26, 2023 - Monterey)
  • Workshop: Define “Open AI” (Stefano Maffulli, Mer Joyce)
  • Why Open Source AI Matters: The Community & Policy Perspective (Mary Hardy, Stefano Mafulli, Mike Linksvayer, Katharina Koerner)

• November, 2023

  1. DPGA Member Meeting (Nov. 14, 2023 - Addis Ababa)
  • Workshop: Define “Open AI” (Stefano Maffulli, Nicole Martinelli)

• December, 2023

  1. AI.dev (Dec. 12-13, 2023 - San Francisco)
  • Panel Discussion: Why a Universal Definition of ‘Open Source AI’ is Essential for Humanity (Roman Shaposhnik, Tanya Dadasheva, Nithya Ruff, Sal Kimmich)
  • Workshop: Define “Open AI” (Mer Joyce, Ruth Suehle)

• February, 2024

  1. FOSDEM (Feb. 3-4, 2023 - Brussels)
  • Moving a step closer to defining Open Source AI (Stefano Maffulli)
  2. Columbia Convening on openness and AI (Feb. 29, 2023 - New York)

• April, 2024

  1. Open Source Summit - North America (April 16, 2024 - Seattle)
  • The Open Source AI dilemma: Crafting a clear definition for Open Source AI (Mer Joyce, Ofer Hermoni)
  2. LLW Gothenburg (April 16, 2024 - Gothenburg)

• May, 2024

  1. PyCon (May 15 -17, 2024 - Pittsburgh)
  • OSI Workshop: Open Source AI Definition (Mer Joyce, Stefano Maffulli)
  2. CPDP-ai (May 22-24, 2024 - Brussels)
  • Challenges and Opportunities of Open-Source Artificial Intelligence (Stefano Maffulli, Felicity Reddel, Igancio Sanchez, Michel-Marie Maudet, Achim Klabunde)

• June, 2024

  1. OW2conf (June 11-12, 2024 - Paris)
  • How we’re getting the Open Source AI Definition (Stefano Maffulli)
  2. OpenExpo Europe (June 13, 2024 - Spain)
  • Skynet no será Open Source (Ariel Jolo)
  3. AI_Dev Europe (June 19-20, 2024 - Paris)
  • The Open Source AI dilemma: Crafting a clear definition for Open Source AI (Ofer Hermoni)

• July, 2024

  1. OSPOs for Good (July 9-10, 2024 - New York)
  • Open Source and AI Panel (Ashley Kramer, Craig Ramlal, Mehdi Snene, Sasha Luccioni, Sergio Gaggo Huerta, Stefano Maffulli)
  2. What’s Next for Open Source (July 11, 2024 - New York)
  • Open-Source AI: What Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How to Ensure Responsible Openness - Moderated by Mer Joyce, Do Big Good & Lea Gimpel, Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA)
  3. Sustain Africa (July 15, 2024 - Online)

• August, 2024

  1. KubeCon + AI_dev Hong Kong (Aug. 21-23, 2024 - Hong Kong)
  • Unveiling the Future: Nurturing Openness in AI Development (Mer Joyce, Anni Lai)
  2. Open Source Congress (Aug. 25-27, 2024 - Beijing)
  • Datasets, Privacy, and Copyright (Stefano Maffulli, Donnie Dong)
  • The Open Source AI Definition (Stefano Maffulli)

• September, 2024

1. Deep Learning Indaba (Sept. 1-7, 2024 - Dakar)

• Open Source AI Definition (Rahmat Akintola)

2. India FOSS (Sept. 7-8, 2024 - Bengaluru)

• Open Source AI Definition (Tarunima Prabhakar)

3. Open Source Summit Europe (Sept. 16-18 , 2024 - Vienna)

• The Open Source AI Definition Is (Almost) Ready (Stefano Maffulli, Justin Colannino)
• Why Open Source AI Matters for Europe (Justin Colannino, Sachiko Muto, Stefano Maffulli, Cailean Osborne)

4. Nerdearla (Sept. 24-28, 2024 - Buenos Aires)

• Defining Open Source AI (Mer Joyce)

• October, 2024

  1. Open Forum for AI (Oct. 4, 2024 - Washington DC)
  • Open Source AI Definition (Deb Bryant)
  2. Data in OSAI (Oct. 10-11, 2024 - Paris)
  • Open Source AI Definition (Stefano Maffulli)
  3. All Things Open (Oct 27-29, 2024 - Raleigh)
  • Co-designing the Open Source AI Definition (Stefano Maffulli, Mer Joyce)
  • Open Source AI Definition Stable Release Presentation (Stefano Maffulli, Mer Joyce)

Town Halls 2024

• January, 2024

  • Jan 12, 2024 - Townhall
  • Jan 26, 2024 - Townhall

• February, 2024

  • Feb 9, 2024 - Townhall
  • Feb 23, 2024 - Townhall

• March, 2024

  • March 8, 2024 - Townhall
  • March 22, 2024 - Townhall

• April, 2024

  • April 5, 2024 - OSAID Townhall
  • April 19, 2024 - OSAID Townhall

• May, 2024

  • May 3, 2024 - OSAID Townhall
  • May 31, 2024 - OSAID Townhall

• June, 2024

  • June 14, 2024 - OSAID Townhall
  • June 28, 2024 - OSAID Townhall

• July, 2024

• July 15, 2024 - OSCA Community Webinar

• July 26, 2024 - OSAID Townhall

• August, 2024

  • August 23, 2024 - OSAID Townhall

• September, 2024

  • September 6, 2024 - OSAID Townhall
  • September 13, 2024 - OSAID Townhall
  • September 20, 2024 - OSAID Townhall
  • September 27, 2024 - OSAID Townhall

• October, 2024

  • October 4, 2024 - OSAID Townhall