LONDON — At a panel of leading open source AI experts at the third annual State of Open Con (SOOCon25), one thing quickly became clear: Even the pros are having trouble putting together the open source AI puzzle.
Moderator Alex Williams, The New Stack’s founder and publisher, opened the conversation by asking Sam Johnston, founder of the Open Source Alliance (OSA), to define the meaning of openness and AI, particularly concerning cost and reproducibility.
“At the heart of [open source AI] is reproducibility,” said Johnston, whose…