OPEN-SOURCE
The Mobile Voting Foundation and Free & Fair have launched VoteSecure, the first open-source SDK enabling secure, transparent, and verifiable mobile voting with end-to-end ballot tracking and rigorous cryptographic protection.
CULTURE
September 1-5, 2025 The open source AI ecosystem had a busy week. Chutes dropped their chat app in beta, Templar smashed distributed training records, Switzerland launched a national AI model, and Trump hosted Big Tech CEOs for dinner while Elon Musk was notably absent. Here's what you need to know.
AI
An investigation into the Trump administration's partnership with Peter Thiel's Palantir to create unprecedented surveillance infrastructure and how decentralized AI could be our last defense against digital authoritarianism