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The Economics of Open Source in the AI Era
No comments on The Economics of Open Source in the AI Era“Artificial intelligence is reshaping economic systems at a pace we have rarely seen in modern technological history,” wrote Frank Nagle in “Revealing the Hidden Economics of Open Models in the AI Era,” a blog posted in November of 2025. Nagle is Advising Chief Economist at the Linux Foundation and a Research Scientists at MIT’s Initiative…
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A few weeks ago, Linux Foundation Research published “The State of Global Open Source 2025,” the third annual report based on its survey of the open source community. The report highlights the evolution of open source software (OSS) from a productivity tool to a key component of global mission-critical infrastructures. The 2025 global survey on…
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“Nearly three years after the start of the artificial intelligence boom, business technology leaders are starting to change their thinking on return on investment. The new wisdom? Don’t worry so much about AI’s ROI.,” said the WSJ in a recent article, “Stop Worrying About AI’s Return on Investment.” The article is based on discussions with…
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“In small factories across America, agile automatons are making everything from parts for AI supercomputers to the hulls of America’s future autonomous naval weapons,” wrote technology columnist Christopher Mims in a recent WSJ article, “America’s Manufacturing Resurgence Will Be Powered by These Robots.” “Once a luxury reserved for big manufacturers, smaller, smarter, more flexible and less…
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Earlier this week, MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy launched a new podcast, The Digital Insider with Sinan Aral. Aral is Professor in the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the Initiative on the Digital Economy, where I’ve been a Fellow since it was founded in 2012. He’s the author of the 2020…