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What are some examples of open source software? Some of the most popular software systems are open source, such as Linux, the operating system on which Google's Android mobile system was built. Among the best-known open source products is Firefox, the free downloadable Web browser created by the Mozilla Foundation. So, what is the open and closed debate and how does it relate to artificial intelligence? Tech companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic have spent billions of dollars creating “closed,” or proprietary, AI systems. People who don't work for these companies can't see or tinker with the underlying source code,…

TikTok may be adding a new skill to its resume: the disco time machine. The social platform, normally populated by countless Gen Z dancers – mostly in short choreographed routines that have been practiced and perfected – has recently been infused with the energy of a surprising demographic: their Gen X parents. In viral videos, adult children ask their parents to dance as they would to the 1984 song “Smalltown Boy,” by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat. Most of the posts are tagged #momdancechallenge, #daddancechallenge or #80sdancechallenge and have amassed tens of millions of views. The reactions were perhaps unexpected,…

Last February, the company launched Bard's successor, Gemini, a chatbot that can generate images and act as a voice-activated digital assistant. Users quickly realized that the system refused to generate images of white people in most cases and drew inaccurate depictions of historical figures. With each incident, tech industry insiders have criticized the company for dropping the ball. But in interviews, financial analysts said Google must move quickly to keep up with its rivals, even if that means growing pains. Google “has no choice right now,” Thomas Monteiro, a Google analyst at Investing.com, said in an interview. “Companies need to…