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Calling out 📢 the need for a UK-based open source foundation, Cliff Saran of Computer Weekly reports on OpenUK's latest AI Openness report, and recognises the need for this as part of critical software power and ecosystem support to enable the UK's AI future. 🇬🇧🔧 Read the article here: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366646202/OpenUK-calls-for-a-UK-version-of-the-Linux-Foundation
#AI #soverei
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The OpenUK Awards are live, the "Oscars of Open Source." 🏆 🚀 This 7th edition recognises UK leadership and global collaboration in open tech. Gala dinner at the House of Commons, 5 Nov, hosted by Chi Onwurah MP. Nominations close midnight BST, 6 Sept.
Get nominating! Our judges are waiting: https://openuk.uk/awards/
#openukawards #opensourceawards #awards #techawards #opensourcesoftware #openhar
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The Annual Open Source Survey 2026 is open 📊
Two firsts this year: we've gone global beyond the UK 🌍, and we're asking about AI for the first time alongside software.
Built with our Economists in Residence The PSC.
Survey link 👉 openuk.uk/report/survey/
#opensource #openuk #openhq
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🔊 The ultimate AI Openness Report: three years on from the opening of Llama 2 🔊 as we see Kimi K3 take on proprietary frontier models, explore China's open source strategy, and the US's soft power, this report digs deep into the data to understand the market's shifts in technology, policy and more. Where will the ROI and value be? Read the full report here : https://openuk.uk/report/aiopenness2026
📊 Post engagement
3
Avg engagement / post
0.2%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Calling out 📢 the need for a UK-based open source foundation, Cl · 6 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
6 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 2 text · 10 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
7.2×
Follows 169 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Calling out 📢 the need for a UK-based open source foundation, Cliff Saran of Computer Weekly reports on OpenUK's latest AI Openness report, and recognises the need for this as part of critical software power and ecosystem support to enable the UK's AI future. 🇬🇧🔧 Read the articl…
The OpenUK Awards are live, the "Oscars of Open Source." 🏆 🚀 This 7th edition recognises UK leadership and global collaboration in open tech. Gala dinner at the House of Commons, 5 Nov, hosted by Chi Onwurah MP. Nominations close midnight …
The Annual Open Source Survey 2026 is open 📊
Two firsts this year: we've gone global beyond the UK 🌍, and we're asking about AI for the first time alongside software.
Built with our Economists in Residence The PSC.
Survey link 👉 openuk.uk/…
It's FOSS's Sourav Rudra reports on our latest AI Openness report, and the message is clear: OpenUK wants Britain to stop giving away its open source creations.
Inside the 40-page document is a big ask from the UK government: build Britain…
AI Sovereignty discussions have shifted as we discuss a Stack and "layered sovereignty" following the NVIDIA 5-layered cake 🍰. Shift from frontier models to individuals building the infrastructure layer, open source, via GitHub. 🛠️
Read th…
No UK firms feature in NVIDIA's new Open Secure AI Alliance for AI Safety and Security, despite founding members spanning the US, Germany, South Korea and Japan. 🌍 OpenUK CEO, Professor Amanda Brock tells UKTN it's great to see a collectiv…
Want to understand the US leadership in the open weights letter from Friday and today’s announcement of the Open Source AI Alliance? Read our report published on 23 July. Explains 3 years of the technology, policy and business of AI Openne…
Writing for The New Stack, Adrian Bridgwater breaks down the Open Secure AI Alliance 🤝 building further US leadership in AI (like Friday's open letter on open models) with comment from our CEO Professor Amanda Brock, saying that "A more gl…
Reporting the Open Letter on US Leadership in open weights 🇺🇸, The Register's @thomasclaburn quotes our CEO Amanda Brock, who said Microsoft's journey from open source opposition to stewardship via GitHub shows it understands the power of …
Read the article here: https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/ai/why-china-is-overtaking-the-us-as-open-ai-leader-asian-tech-roundup
Reporting on our latest deep dive Report 📊 into AI Openness, Computing's @johnleonard : "China is taking the lead in AI, thanks to an open source AI strategy it has pursued over the last eight years," with breakthrough models such as DeepS…
🔊 The ultimate AI Openness Report: three years on from the opening of Llama 2 🔊 as we see Kimi K3 take on proprietary frontier models, explore China's open source strategy, and the US's soft power, this report digs deep into the data to un…
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Home server
hachyderm.io
A tech & engineering server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 3 views per post.
📤Posts about 6× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated43/100
Fair
Credibility score
73%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 73% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.2% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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