Open data has gained public attention because of its role in training AI image generation models like Stable Diffusion, but its importance extends to research beyond AI. It gives researchers and ...

The nonprofit research group EleutherAI originally released Books3 as a part of the AI training set The Pile, an 800 GB open source chunk of training data comprising 22 other datasets specifically ...

OpenAI is launching a new program to encourage organizations to contribute data -- including text and images -- to train future AI models.

The city of Cambridge has released a new interactive Open Data User Guide aimed at teaching residents and other public stakeholders how to effectively leverage Cambridge’s Open Data Portal ...

Switzerland launched an open-source model called Apertus on Monday as an alternative to proprietary models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude, reports SWI as spotted by Engadget. The model’s ...

2. Purpose of the Internship The internship aims to support ongoing efforts in developing modular GIS training resources, assessing spatial data management capacities in IGAD Member States, and ...

Creating open source AI training datasets is a process that must be undertaken thoughtfully, according to experts.

DeepSeek-R1 released model code and pre-trained weights but not training data. Ai2 is taking a different approach to be more open.

Language models are powerful, but their training data is largely secret. AI2 aims to change this with a new dataset that's free and open.

A four-week course starting in late November will give city residents the skills and tools they need to make the most out of Buffalo’s 40-plus open data assets.