Dedicated support appears to have been ditched in favour of funding artificial intelligence research. MEPs are protesting
Alexandra Geese, German Green MEP. Photo credits: Fred Marvaux / European Union
Plans by the European Commission to cut dedicated funding for a European open source software initiative and divert it to artificial intelligence have triggered a campaign in the European parliament to reinstate support.
Supporters of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, which hands out small grants to help open source software projects, say it’s an essential counterweight for citizens and businesses that want to avoid…
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