Open Source News: AI, Linux, and Community Growth

Open Source News: AI, Linux, and Community Growth

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 in ChatGPT

Plugins in ChatGPT

Video by OpenAI via YouTube
Plugins in ChatGPT

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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Monitor an Instaclustr ClickHouse Cluster with Prometheus and Grafana

Monitor an Instaclustr ClickHouse Cluster with Prometheus and Grafana

Video by NetApp Instaclustr via YouTube
Monitor an Instaclustr ClickHouse Cluster with Prometheus and Grafana

Live Grafana charts on Instaclustr ClickHouse – no custom connector needed! In this step-by-step walkthrough, learn how Prometheus scrapes the Monitoring API, then Grafana reads Prometheus.

Try Instaclustr now: set your credentials, run the two curl checks, then start Prometheus and Grafana with the configs above – you’ll have a live dashboard in about 30 minutes. Once it’s working, swap in any metric from the Monitoring API reference to match what your cluster needs.

Get started today with a free trial: https://instaclustr.com/signup

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Communities Empowering Students into Free and Open Source, Dr Sripath Roy Koganti, #FOSSASIA 2026

Communities Empowering Students into Free and Open Source, Dr Sripath Roy Koganti, #FOSSASIA 2026

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Communities Empowering Students into Free and Open Source, Dr Sripath Roy Koganti, #FOSSASIA 2026

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

Session slides: https://eventyay.com/ev/88882f3e/talk/V7KSXZTHMXHP/

#FOSSASIA #FOSSASIASummit #opensource #FOSS

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Why Nitish Kumar Became a CNCF Ambassador

Why Nitish Kumar Became a CNCF Ambassador

Video by CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] via YouTube
Why Nitish Kumar Became a CNCF Ambassador

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/

#CNCF #CloudNative #CNCFAmbassador #OpenSource #Kubernetes

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Open Source in Finance Forum 2026 London Highlight Video

Open Source in Finance Forum 2026 London Highlight Video

Video by FINOS via YouTube
Open Source in Finance Forum 2026 London Highlight Video

🗽Join us in New York! Catch the latest on Open Source AI, Fluxnova, Desktop Interop, CDM, and more at OSFF New York on November 4, 2026, at the Convene Brookfield Place.

🎟️ Register Now: register.linuxfoundation.org/event/osff-ny-2026/register

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🗣️ Attend the next Open Source in Finance Forum: https://hubs.ly/Q03z9D9D0
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About FINOS

FINOS (The Fintech Open Source Foundation) unites the financial services industry to build open technologies and standards that enhance profitability, improve resilience, and accelerate innovation. We are the trusted community designed by regulated industry participants to solve industry-wide challenges and drive operational excellence and financial technology innovation.

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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AI Harness Pitfalls: Avoid Over Refusal & Fatigue

AI Harness Pitfalls: Avoid Over Refusal & Fatigue

Video by Open Data Science and AI Conference via YouTube
AI Harness Pitfalls: Avoid Over Refusal & Fatigue

AI Harness Pitfalls: Avoid Over-Refusal & Fatigue

Want to learn more about AI in person? Check out ODSC AI West 2026, coming to Burlingame this October 27th-29th: https://hubs.li/Q04cYsmk0

#DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSCAI

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Late Night Linux – Episode 395

Late Night Linux – Episode 395

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Late Night Linux – Episode 395

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Some of the tech from early on in our lives that inspired where we are today. Plus discoveries including and old game that doesn’t work, professional audio hardware that now works on Linux, Arch on easy mode, and an old chip that can do a surprising amount.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-395/

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MacBreak Weekly 1034

MacBreak Weekly 1034

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MacBreak Weekly 1034

MacBreak Weekly covers all things Apple: Leo, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren analyze every bit of news from the most interesting company in tech. From AI to Vision Pro, iPad to iPhone, these Apple experts know-all and tell-all.

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