Tired of language barriers ruining epic gaming moments? 🤯 What if your squad could communicate seamlessly with ANYONE, ANYWHERE, IN REAL-TIME, thanks to AI?

This isn't sci-fi anymore. We're diving deep into how AI is revolutionizing gaming communities, making the world your playground. Get ready to connect like never before! ✨

#AI #TechNews #BuildInPublic #GamingAI #ESports #CommunityTech

https://techaitoolbox.com/ai-gaming-translation/

Community tech: meet the people building alternatives

https://organisera.org/events/4e496999-00b5-4c03-bdd6-0e872311f6c4

If you're an artist

or a technologist building #communitytech for artists

or both!

This is a great list of possible ways to fund your work

https://gfsc.community/what-if-we-made-money-at-the-intersection-of-art-and-technology/

Your doorbell camera is good for watching for porch pirates. Now it may also help spot wildfires. 🔥 Ring’s new Fire Watch feature uses AI to detect smoke and flames via outdoor cameras, alerting nearby users when Watch Duty flags a potential fire. It’s a reminder that the most powerful safety networks aren’t always built by governments, but by millions of ordinary devices quietly watching the edges of our lives.

There’s a philosophical shift here worth noticing. Surveillance tech is being reframed as community infrastructure, but only if trust, consent, and restraint are designed in from the start. Technology doesn’t become civic-minded by accident. Someone has to decide that it should.

The interesting question isn’t whether this works. It’s how many other “single-purpose” devices are waiting to be reimagined as public goods.

TL;DR
🧠 Ring cameras can now spot smoke and flames
⚡ Alerts are opt-in and community-driven
🎓 Consumer tech is drifting into civic duty
🔍 Trust and design choices will decide if it lasts

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/ring_cameras_wildfire/

#WildfireSafety #AI #CommunityTech #FutureOfCities #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity

"Perhaps the most powerful infrastructure is the one we build between us through trust, empathy and the shared belief that technology can belong to everyone."

>>> Reflections from the #globalgathering 2025:

https://www.apc.org/en/blog/mesh-connections-care-and-community-tech-reflections-global-gathering-2025

#Infrastucture #CommunityTech #Care

Decentralization is more than code. It’s governance, resilience, and community.

If you’re building something that empowers users, we want to hear from you at the Decentralised Communication devroom.

Submit your proposal before Sunday night!

https://fosdem.org/submit

#FOSDEM #CommunityTech

Do you hate #broligarchs?
#Billionaires? #AiSlop but still think there is merit in #AI?

Here is my proposal for a stand alone.
OFFGRID COMMUNITY AI SYSTEM.

That's right.Your very own co-op AI

The calculations are very much back of the envelope, first cut, but quite feasible.
A 32billion parameters, frontier level performance compatable open source #llm model. The power requirements is that of 3AC units including cooling. Serves 15-20 concurrent users. 40 households of 4 people each (taking into account actual AI model distributed use metrics and contention ratios)

40 households, subscribing at $30/month over 2 years + power (solar). Train with your own datasets.
Entire set up takes half a rack.

LETS GO!!!

#OpenSource #FOSS #CommunityTech #OpenHardware #EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI #AIForGood #TechForGood #Solarpunk #RegenerativeCulture #Degrowth #AppropriateTechnology #OffGrid #SelfSufficient #Homesteading #Permaculture #RightToRepair #MakerSpace #DIYTech #decentralizedtech