open source
The Big Story
Tear Down Those Guardrails! Meet the Renegades Freeing Chatbots From Corporate Enslavers
By Will Knight
Business
Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race
By Joel Khalili
Business
Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China
By Joel Khalili
Security
The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
By Kim Zetter
Business
Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Is Missing Some Key Names: OpenAI and Anthropic
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
The Big Story
AI Agents Plunged the Tech World Into Chaos. Here’s Exactly How That Happened
By Steven Levy
Security
The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech
By Matt Burgess and Vittoria Elliott