An approval that changes the scale of ambition The approval of the proposal “Enhancing multilingual foundation models through lexicographic grounding: advancing GlossAPI for Apertus Greek language integration” by the Swiss AI Initiative is more than a welcome grant decision. It is a recognition that Greek should be treated as critical digital infrastructure in the age […]
The Green and Sovereign Choice for Greece and Europe Europe’s artificial intelligence strategy stands at a structural inflection point. Dependence on hyperscale cloud infrastructures located outside the European Union increases systemic vendor lock-in, geopolitical exposure, and regulatory vulnerability. Simultaneously, the accelerating energy consumption of large AI infrastructures threatens Europe’s sustainability commitments and long-term competitiveness. The […]
Scientific Arguments Against Uncritical Deployment in the Public Sector Artificial Intelligence is frequently presented as a neutral instrument of modernization within public administration. Claims of efficiency and cost reduction dominate policy discourse. Yet a growing body of scientific research demonstrates that uncritical deployment of AI systems in public institutions poses structural risks to democratic governance, […]
We would like to invite you to “Why and How to Switch from Oracle to PostgreSQL” webinar. If you’re considering a migration, this is your opportunity to get a strategic roadmap that helps you reduce Oracle costs and unlock the full potential of Postgres. In this session, you’ll learn how to: Presenters:Mostafa Zakaria, Sales Engineer […]
In recent years, several high-profile, single-vendor Open Source projects made the news by switching to more restrictive licenses. Some saw this as a manifestation of evil and greed, questioning the single-vendor model entirely; others interpreted it as a sign of the growing economic unsustainability of Open Source in the current market structure. Both arguments have […]
Open Source technology, practices, and thinking have revolutionized how we innovate, collaborate, and do business. The impact goes beyond our daily work and paying our rent. Open source is everywhere; we won! But there’s a downside. We have been so busy with our success that we have forgotten to tell people what makes us and […]
Open Technologies Alliance – GFOSS will present the EU funded project ACROSS (Horizon 2020) during the first day of the MyData 2022 conference on June 21-22 in Helsinki. GFOSS is an associate third party in the ACROSS project, a three year research and innovation EU program aiming to create an enabling ecosystem for interoperable cross […]
The dedication of the developers, documentation writers, community organizers, and volunteers of the free software movement is what has helped us all live liberation in the years the free software movement has been active. Just using free software makes you part of our collective journey to freedom, but some go above and beyond in their […]
In this article, we will show how you can use open-source MediaCMS software to build a video portal
Gaia-X European Association for Data and Cloud AISBL has recently announced a series of Hackathons.