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OpenAI's new AWS deal and open models sharpen US edge in global AI race
OpenAI has released open-weight models and partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a new cloud channel. This strategic ...
Microsoft pledges it will make WinUI "truly open source" - but don't hold your breath
Microsoft wants to make WinUI open source, but there are some major hurdles in the way first including its tie to Windows ...
Microsoft has ended 'active development' on Contraband
"Active development has now stopped while we evaluate the project's future," Avalanche said in a post on its website. "We're ...
Microsoft Will Open Source the Windows App SDK — Just Don't Ask About When as "this isn’t a flip-the-switch moment, it’s a deliberate process"
The company has confirmed that WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK is on the path to become open-source, but that there's lots of work to be done first before that can happen.
Microsoft cancels yet another long-in-the-works Xbox game
Microsoft says that it has stopped development on Contraband, the co-op action-adventure open-world game in development at ...
Amazon will offer OpenAI’s open-weight models, sidestepping Microsoft via Apache 2.0 license
Amazon is offering OpenAI’s new open-weight AI models on Bedrock and SageMaker, bypassing Microsoft’s Azure exclusivity via ...
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Microsoft Outlines Step-By-Step Plan to Open Up WinUI Framework
On Thursday, Microsoft published a plan on GitHub to gradually improve WinUI access and transparency. The first step will ...
How DeepSeek and Open-Source Models Are Shaking Up AI
Tech companies and academics have long wrestled with the risks and rewards of building open-source software. But the frenzy ...