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Visit our <a href="/press">Press Information</a> page.</em> </div> <div class="tileItem visualIEFloatFix"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-is-working-on-freedom-in-machine-learning-applications"> <img src="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-is-working-on-freedom-in-machine-learning-applications/image_thumb" alt="FSF is working on freedom in machine learning applications" title="" height="83" width="128" class="tileImage" /> </a> <h2 class="tileHeadline"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-is-working-on-freedom-in-machine-learning-applications" class="summary url">FSF is working on freedom in machine learning applications</a> </h2> <div class="documentByLine"> <span class="documentAuthor"> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/Free Software Foundation">Free Software Foundation</a> </span> — <span class="documentModified"> last modified Nov 05, 2024 03:23 PM </span> </div> <p class="tileBody"> <span class="description">BOSTON (October 22, 2024) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced today that it is working on a statement of criteria for free machine learning applications, which will require the software, as well as the raw training data and associated scripts, to grant users the four freedoms.</span> </p> <p class="tileFooter"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-is-working-on-freedom-in-machine-learning-applications"> <span class="hiddenStructure">FSF is working on freedom in machine learning applications - </span> <span>Read More…</span> </a> </p> <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> <div class="tileItem visualIEFloatFix"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-associate-members-to-assist-in-review-current-board-members"> <img src="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-associate-members-to-assist-in-review-current-board-members/image_thumb" alt="FSF associate members to assist in review of current board members" title="Image depicts front page of the board forum" height="83" width="128" class="tileImage" /> </a> <h2 class="tileHeadline"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-associate-members-to-assist-in-review-current-board-members" class="summary url">FSF associate members to assist in review of current board members</a> </h2> <div class="documentByLine"> <span class="documentAuthor"> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/Free Software Foundation">Free Software Foundation</a> </span> — <span class="documentModified"> last modified Nov 05, 2024 04:38 PM </span> </div> <p class="tileFooter"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-associate-members-to-assist-in-review-current-board-members"> <span class="hiddenStructure">FSF associate members to assist in review of current board members - </span> <span>Read More…</span> </a> </p> <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> <div class="tileItem visualIEFloatFix"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-serves-on-nist"> <img src="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-serves-on-nist/image_thumb" alt="Free Software Foundation to serve on "artificial intelligence" safety consortium" title="" height="83" width="128" class="tileImage" /> </a> <h2 class="tileHeadline"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-serves-on-nist" class="summary url">Free Software Foundation to serve on "artificial intelligence" safety consortium</a> </h2> <div class="documentByLine"> <span class="documentAuthor"> by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/author/gregf">Greg Farough</a> </span> — <span class="documentModified"> last modified Nov 05, 2024 04:38 PM </span> </div> <p class="tileBody"> <span class="description"> BOSTON (October 8, 2024) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced that it is taking part in the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s consortium on the safety of (so-called) artificial intelligence, particularly with reference to "generative" AI systems. 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