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I lead and advise startups and business units, with a focus on leveraging emerging technologies to drive disruptive innovation and growth. I bring extensive experience in strategic consulting and global business leadership, and have contributed to various publications in the field of technology.
An early pioneer in 2006 and author of several publications, standards, and at Wikipedia, I’m now an expert in leveraging cloud platforms to enhance business efficiency and scalability.
I specialise in applying AI and machine learning technologies to drive business innovation and solve complex problems.
Skilled in building robust security frameworks and strategies to protect digital assets, with a strong background in cybersecurity risk management.
Proven track record in driving disruptive innovation, identifying opportunities, and implementing new technologies and business models.
The Mozilla Foundation (MoFo), “a global nonprofit dedicated to keeping the Internet a public resource that is open and accessible to all,” proudly proclaims “we’re reclaiming the internet, building trustworthy AI, and holding tech companies accountable”. And yet, when the Open Source Initiative (OSI) recently released their contentious Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) — which […]
This wasn’t a post I wanted to write, but Friday nights are where bad news goes to die, so here we are. It’s now been two months since I wrote the following letter to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) regarding their (then-upcoming) Open Source AI Definition (OSAID), which controversially did not require the source (i.e., […]
In response to the news that Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free AI Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft, Yann LeCun’s VP & Chief AI Scientist at Meta had this to say: Every institution, library, foundation, cultural group, and government around the world that possesses cultural content should make it available for training ***free […]
The Open Source Initiative (OSI), self-declared “steward” of Open Source, has finally succeeded in killing its community dead with heavy-handed censorship, which is a weird thing for an organisation to do that’s “actively involved in Open Source community-building”. From moderating, closing, and forking posts to outright banning members, it seems no tool of repression is […]
I have made this submission to the community discussion on the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA)‘s Proposal: Defining Mandatory Components for AI Systems Seeking Digital Public Good (DPG) Recognition
Earlier this month Wes Turner, a Senior Lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, had A Quick Look at the New Open Source AI Definition from the OSI at DevFest 2024, a Google Developer Group (GDG) conference focused this year on Responsible AI. As you can see, like many before him (including myself) he was discombobulated by […]
One thing I find LLMs particularly useful for is reading between the lines in a structured way. The Balancing Act in The Atlantic just popped up in my feed and is not-at-all-obviously posted (and paid for) by Google. It contains a lot of motherhood and apple pie, allaying fears by claiming today’s LLMs only provide […]
Four Freedoms of Free Software For those of you new to the Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) party, these creative works are deliberately made available by their authors under licenses that protect the “four essential freedoms” of free (as in freedom, not as in beer) software, allowing users to: These four freedoms are implemented […]
Forking is the latest hobby horse of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), so let’s flog this dead horse too: “An Open Source AI machine is one that the people can meaningfully fork without having to ask for permission.” — Open Source Initiative (OSI) “Indeed! Pity many don’t grasp this very basic concept.” — OSI Board […]
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