IBM & Red Hat $5B Open-Source AI Security Boost

IBM & Red Hat B Open-Source AI Security Boost

Key Insights IBM and Red Hat’s $5 billion commitment to open-source security, triggered by the Mythos vulnerability, underscores a critical shift: big tech is investing heavily to shore up the open-source ecosystem against emerging AI threats. Meanwhile, the discovery of a critical vulnerability affecting millions of AI agents and the strain on volunteer developers highlight … Read more

Open Source AI, Agents, and Linux: May 2026 Digest

Open Source AI, Agents, and Linux: May 2026 Digest

AI Agents Go Mainstream: OpenAI’s SDK and MCP Integration OpenAI’s latest Agents SDK revolutionizes how developers build long-running, tool‑using AI agents. In a recent Build Hour, engineers Steve Coffey and Nish Singaraju demonstrated agents that can inspect files, run commands, and edit code across multi‑step tasks. The updated harness provides a model‑native execution environment with … Read more

Build Hour: Agents SDK

Build Hour: Agents SDK

Video by OpenAI via YouTube
Build Hour: Agents SDK

Build with the next evolution of the Agents SDK. In this Build Hour, you’ll learn how to use the updated Agents SDK to build long-running agents with a model-native harness. Give agents the tools, memory, and execution environment they need to work across files and systems — while staying flexible enough to fit your own stack.

In this session, Steve Coffey (Member of Technical Staff) and Nish Singaraju (Product, Agents) will cover how to:
• Build agents that can inspect files, run commands, edit code, and operate across multi-step tasks
• Use the updated Agents SDK harness for more reliable agent loops across documents, tools, and systems
• Work with core agent primitives like MCP, skills, AGENTS.md, shell, and apply patch
• Run agents safely in controlled sandbox environments with the files, dependencies, and tools they need

👉 Agents SDK Docs: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents
👉 Typescript SDK: http://github.com/openai/openai-agents-js
👉 Python SDK: http://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python
👉 Agents SDK Quickstart: https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/quickstart/
👉 Follow along with the code repo: http://github.com/openai/build-hours
👉 Sign up for upcoming live Build Hours: https://webinar.openai.com/buildhours

00:00 Introduction
01:48 Agents SDK updates
11:21 Recent releases in the API
14:13 Demo: Building a task tracker with the Agents SDK
37:50 Q&A

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MCP support in Envoy – Boteng Yao, Google, Software Engineer

MCP support in Envoy - Boteng Yao, Google, Software Engineer

Video by CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] via YouTube
MCP support in Envoy - Boteng Yao, Google, Software Engineer

Don’t miss out! Join us at our next KubeCon + CloudNativeCon events in Mumbai, India (18-19 June, 2026), Yokohama, Japan (29-30 July, 2026), and Shanghai, China (8-9 September, 2026). Connect with our current graduated, incubating, and sandbox projects as the community gathers to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing. Learn more at https://kubecon.io

MCP support in Envoy – Boteng Yao, Google, Software Engineer

This session will delve into the technical impacts of MCP on network proxies, exploring why MCP’s structure (e.g., body-based attributes) and potential statefulness (e.g., Streamable HTTP sessions) require new thinking in traffic management, load balancing, and policy enforcement. Also will brief how to leverage Envoy’s native support and extensibility to build MCP aware networking features such as request inspection, dynamic routing, transcoding, session management, observability, and security. This talk will also give insights for how MCP and network proxies can evolve together to better support AI agent ecosystems.

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Open Source Digest: R Debugging, UN Portal, Linux Root Exploit & More

Open Source Digest: R Debugging, UN Portal, Linux Root Exploit & More

R & Data Science Community Social Coworking & Office Hours: Join the upcoming session focused on debugging in R, featuring collaborative problem-solving and expert guidance. Rencontres R 2026: The annual R conference will be held in Nantes, France. Mark your calendars for a gathering of R enthusiasts and developers. Open Source & Governance United Nations … Read more

Open Source AI: Security, Regulation, and Innovation Roundup

Open Source AI: Security, Regulation, and Innovation Roundup

Top Stories Analysis The open-source AI ecosystem is buzzing with activity, from security vulnerabilities to regulatory wins. A critical alert: the ‘BadHost’ flaw threatens millions of AI agents, underscoring the need for robust security practices. Meanwhile, Colorado and California have exempted open source from age attestation laws, a major victory for developer freedom. On the … Read more

Open Source News: CV, AI, Linux Highlights

Open Source News: CV, AI, Linux Highlights

Insight: The Open Source Ecosystem is Vibrant and Diverse This week’s digest showcases the breadth of open source activity—from computer vision and AI in healthcare to Linux kernel security and community culture. The common thread is innovation driven by community collaboration and transparency. For open source enthusiasts, these stories highlight opportunities to contribute, adopt, and … Read more

OpenCV 5 Preview

OpenCV 5 Preview

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OpenCV 5 Preview

OpenCV 5 is coming, we swear, and in this episode we’ll get an update from the team on what you can expect in the biggest release of OpenCV ever! With OpenCV 5 your vision stack is faster, more optimized, and easier to use than ever.

OpenCV is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit in the United States. See how you can support open source CV & AI: http://opencv.org/support/

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Open Source News: Debugging R, IPFire Speed, Postgres vs Hype

Open Source Digest: R Debugging, UN Portal, Linux Root Exploit & More

Community & Events Social Coworking and Office Hours – Debugging in R: Join a collaborative session focused on debugging R code, open to all skill levels. Rencontres R 2026 – Nantes: Save the date for the upcoming R conference in Nantes, France. Software & Tools Omnitronics Unveils 100% Software omniGateDMR and omniGateP25 RoIP Gateways: New … Read more