Once again, attention is being drawn to the underfunding of open-source projects, especially small software libraries. They’re hard to monetize, yet many companies rely on them. This time the criticism is aimed at Google. The company could do more, but has for many years supported the projects with staff time and funding. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes in »FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs« for thenewstack.io ...
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I took a photo of a striking black-and-white striped lighthouse against a clear sky. It stands majestically on a rocky base, and a red railing near the top adds a touch of color. The sturdy design reflects timeless maritime architecture. You can download this and other photos for free and in full resolution at unsplash.com. Click here for the photo The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...
Haven’t written about open-source software here in a long time. I want to do that more regularly again. Kicking things off is the graphics editor “Graphite”. Graphite is free software for graphics editing. It supports both vector and raster graphics and is also suitable for creating animations. What sets Graphite apart is its non-destructive workflow: changes can be adjusted at any time without altering the original. Editing is done via a node-based system in which graphical elements are controlled and combined through connections. The project aims to be more than a traditional graphics editor, bringing tools for design, painting, animation, and effects together on one platform. ...
Cisco’s study “Death by a Thousand Prompts: Open Model Vulnerability Analysis” shows that so‑called multi‑turn jailbreaks against open AI models (Open-Weight-LLMs) succeed in up to 92% of cases, revealing serious security vulnerabilities in their architecture. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.