AI and Open Source: Power Tools and Pitfalls This week’s news highlights the expanding role of AI in open source, from practical plugins to community education. OpenAI’s demonstration of ChatGPT plugins shows how AI can integrate with everyday tools like email and calendars, making it a versatile assistant for knowledge workers. Meanwhile, H2O.ai’s new Partner … Read more
Plugins connect ChatGPT to the tools you use for email, cloud storage, calendars, work chat, and more. See how to browse the plugin directory, choose the right tools and skills for a task, and bring context together across your work to get to a finished result.
Learn more: https://learn.chatgpt.com/
Chapters:
00:00 Connecting tools with plugins
00:14 Browsing the plugin directory
00:32 Creating a flyer with Canva
01:00 Plugins for specific roles
01:10 Preparing for a customer meeting
01:33 Reviewing the meeting brief
01:46 Applying the plugin workflow
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How can communities turn students into active open-source contributors? In this FOSSASIA Summit 2026 session, Dr. Sripath Roy Koganti shares real-world strategies for building student-led open-source communities that inspire contribution, collaboration, and long-term engagement.
Through case studies from universities and nonprofit initiatives, learn how open-source philosophy, mentorship, campus communities, and academic programs can empower students to contribute to FOSS projects. The session also explores how educational institutions and communities can work together to grow the next generation of open-source developers.
FOSSASIA Summit 2026 held in Bangkok, is Asia’s leading Open Source tech conference featuring sessions on #AI, #Cloud, #DevOps, #Open Hardware, #Security, #Web #Mobile Technologies, #Web3, and #Databases. Learn more: http://summit.fossasia.org
Video by CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] via YouTube
When Nitish Kumar first began contributing to Kubernetes, the CNCF community helped him navigate the landscape. He became a CNCF Ambassador to do the same for others, through meetups, speaking engagements, and growing the tech community in Punjab.
Learn more about the CNCF Ambassador Program: https://www.cncf.io/people/ambassadors/
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As part of the Linux Foundation, FINOS provides a neutral, well-governed home for open source collaboration across the industry. With a global community of more than 100 member organizations – including major financial institutions, fintechs, and technology firms – FINOS advances open standards and production-grade open source for finance. This work embeds these technologies and standards into the core workflows, platforms, and policies of financial institutions, making them essential to how the industry builds, operates, and evolves. We do this with a clear focus on measurable ROI from open source adoption.
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