It’s Time for a Truly Open-Source, Donation-Funded, Privacy-First AI

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1s1kmch/chinas_opensource_dominance_threatens_us_ai_lead/"> <img alt="China's open-source dominance

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Saw this on Twitter today. Dropping it here because I feel like this sub should be talking about it.</p> <p>The short version: banking platform

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1sabv9u/child_safety_groups_say_they_were_unaware_openai/"> <img alt="Child safety groups say they were unaware

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Millions of people use ChatGPT and other AI every single day, and often discuss very personal issues with these models ranging from health

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Just putting together a quick list of the new <strong>open-source physical AI / robotics models</strong> from <strong>NVIDIA GTC

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>MeshCore is open-source mesh networking firmware - 38,000 active nodes, 100,000 app users, 85+ firmware releases. Started January 2025, all

This has been on my mind for *weeks*. I've been saying it's possible to have an AI that only uses consensually-gathered content, is open source + open weights, runs on your own

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Even with agent framework DX getting somewhat better - it's still really annoying to build real apps with them. Even a basic in-app agent chatbot