About ConsortiumInfo.org The goal of ConsortiumInfo.org is to be the most comprehensive source of information on the Internet regarding standards setting and open source software development, and about the roles these essential tools play in business and society. learn more … Continue reading →| ConsortiumInfo.org
Twenty-five years ago, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) convened a working group of public and private sector representatives to draft the first version of a standards strategy for the United States. After much work, that document was approved. Every … Continue reading →| ConsortiumInfo.org
Two decades ago, an ad hoc coalition of major companies (mostly acting behind the scenes), open source developers, and technology freedom advocates led an effort to challenge Microsoft for control of the desktop. The weapon at their disposal was the … Continue reading →| ConsortiumInfo.org
On March 4, 2024, a researcher named Alex Albert posted what he referred to as a “fun fact” deriving from his testing of Claude 3 Opus, the most advanced large language model chatbot released to date by Anthropic, one of … The post ARE AI’S SELF-AWARE? CONVERSATIONS WITH CLAUDE 3 appeared first on ConsortiumInfo.org.| ConsortiumInfo.org
The internet is awash with fears over what impact AI-powered products and services like ChapGPT will have on life as we know it. Will large language models (LLMs) take over everyone’s jobs? Will AIs take over lethal autonomous weapons, … The post What Impact Will Large Language Models Have on the Web? appeared first on ConsortiumInfo.org.| ConsortiumInfo.org
The following article was co-written with Michele Herman of JustTech Open source software and open standards have many similarities but the legal frameworks under which each are created have real and important differences. Nonetheless there is an increasing desire to … The post Copyright Licenses Are Key When Including Software in Standards appeared first on ConsortiumInfo.org.| ConsortiumInfo.org
The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added Chinese 5G technology giant Huawei to its Entity List more than three years ago. The immediate result was the spread of uncertainty and doubt among the hundreds of … The post Department of Commerce Gives Industry What it asked for Regarding the Entity List appeared first on ConsortiumInfo.org.| ConsortiumInfo.org
The unleashing of unprovoked acts of violence against the people of Ukraine has both horrified and united much of the world against Russia. Even historically neutral Switzerland has condemned Putin’s aggression. And aid is flooding into the beleaguered democracy from … The post War and the Power of Standards appeared first on ConsortiumInfo.org.| ConsortiumInfo.org
It is now seven months since Joe Biden took office. During that time, his administration has announced many positions and policies while continuing to work on others. One policy area previous administrations have too often neglected relates to standards, despite … The post Six Standards Recommendations for the Biden Administration appeared first on ConsortiumInfo.org.| ConsortiumInfo.org
Nestled within the Biden administration’s recent, sweeping Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy is a small, rather oblique paragraph that has garnered little attention to date. Appearing as Section 5(d), it urges the Attorney General and the … The post Biden Administration Signals Reversal Of Delrahim Position on Standards Essential Patents appeared first on ConsortiumInfo.org.| ConsortiumInfo.org
It’s been almost twenty years since ConsortiumInfo.org first went live, and eighteen since I posted my first Standards Blog entry (since then, the first two years of blog posts have mysteriously disappeared). It was a pretty humble offering back in … The post Welcome to the New ConsortiumInfo.org appeared first on ConsortiumInfo.org.| ConsortiumInfo.org
